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Early Revolutionary War Review
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- American colonists who rebelled against British Control during the American Revolution
Answer: Patriots
- An army composed of citizens, not professional soldiers, to be used in an emergency
Answer: Militias
- Small hand-picked militia force that was named this because of their ability to fight at a minute's notice; they were the first to arrive and await the battle
Answer: Minutemen
- He said, “Give me liberty or give me death” in a famous address to the Virginia House of Burgesses days before the first shots were fired.
Answer: Patrick Henry
- Famous American Patriot; known for his midnight ride to warn colonists that the "Regulars (British army regulars) are coming!"
Answer: Paul Revere
- Considered the first battle of the American Revolution; "the shot heard round the world" was fired here
Answer: Lexington
- After the minutemen fell back at Lexington, the British troops moved toward (blank), where supposed American weapons and gunpowder were being kept
Answer: Concord
- The American colonial army was called the _______blank Army.
Answer: Continental
- Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army
Answer: George Washington
- Tactic using small surprise raids and knowledge of the terrain to hide movements used by American militiamen on the British as they made their way back to Boston
Answer: guerrilla warfare
- Met in May 1775, less than a month after Lexington and Concord to deal with the military crisis
Answer: Second Continental Congress
- Sent by the First Continental Congress to profess loyalty to the British crown and plead with King George to reach a compromise
Answer: Olive Branch Petition
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