The Revolution Begins

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Define: First Continental Congress

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a meeting of colonial delegates in Philadelphia to decide how to respond to the closing of Boston Harbor, increased taxes, and abuses of authority by the British government; delegates petitioned King George III, listing the freedoms the believed colonist should enjoy

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Define: minutemen

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American colonial militia members ready to fight at a minute's notice

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Define: Redcoats

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British soldiers who fought against the colonists in the American colonies; so called because of their bright red uniforms

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Define: Patriots

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American colonists who fought for independence from Great Britain during the Revolutionary War

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Define: Second Continental Congress

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a meeting of colonial delegates in Philadelphia to decide how to react to fighting at Lexington and Concord; created the Continental army

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Define: Continental army

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the army created by the Second Continental Congress in 1775 to defend the American colonies from Britain

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Define: George Washington

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leader of the Continental army and first President of the United States

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Define: Battle of Bunker Hill

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a Revolutionary War battle in Boston that demonstrated that the colonists could fight well against the British army

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Define: Boycotting

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refusal to buy British goods as a form of punishment or protest

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Who warned the colonists of the British advance toward Lexington and Concord?

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Paul Revere