module 4

Question 1

First Continental Congress

Answer 1

A meeting of colonial delegates in Philadelphia about how they would react to the Boston harbor being closed Dow and the other abuses of the British

Question 2

Patriots

Answer 2

Colonists who chose to fight for independence from Great Britain

Question 3

Minutemen

Answer 3

American colonial too fight at a minute’s notice

Question 4

Redcoat

Answer 4

British soldiers who fought against colonists in the American revolution, named after their bright red uniforms

Question 5

Second Continental Congress

Answer 5

A meeting of colonial delegates in Philadelphia to decide hoe to react to the the fighting in Lexington and concord

Question 6

Continental Army

Answer 6

The army created by the second continental congress in 1775 to defend the American colonies from Britain

Question 7

George Washington

Answer 7

Revolutionary war hero and patriot leader

Question 8

Battle of Bunker Hill

Answer 8

The first major battle of the American revolution, the battle on Bunker Hill, was fought on jun 17, 1775