5.2-5.3 Flashcards
What is a group of citizen soldiers
Militias
What colony didn’t attend the continental congress meeting
Georgia
What is the conteinatal congress
Where 55 delegates met in Philadelphia to challenge and discuss British
Who were civilians who were ready to fight called?
Minutemen
What did Revere and Dawes do in 1775
Rode to Lexington to warn Militias that the British were coming
What is the shot heard around the world?
The start of the American Revolution
What did Prescott do while they were in the war of bunker hill?
Sets up militia posts on bunker hill and breeds hill British attack breeds and wins the battle of bunker hill
Who are Americans that side with Britain against war
Loyalist
What are Americans who support war
Patriots
What is information spread to harm or to help a cause
Propaganda
What did angry colonists do to soldiers
Shouted their defiance, throwing sticks and stones at soldiers
Why did colonists refuse to import
Parliament passed the tea act BEIC had control of the market
What is the Boston Tea Party
The sons of Liberty dressed like Indians and threw the tea overboard
What is the corience act
- banned meetings
- stopped food shipment
- closed Boston Harbor till tea was payed
What are intolerance acts
Violated English citizens rights
