The American Revolution

Secretly ordered by the British to enforce the Coercive Acts and suppress "open rebellion" among colonists by using all necessary force. (1775)

• Thomas Hutchinson
• George Washington
• Massachusetts Governor Gage

General Gage orders 700 British soldiers to _____ to destroy the colonists' weapons depot. (1775)

• Lexington
• Concord
• Trenton

Who went to warn the colonists the night of April 18, 1775?

• Paul Revere and William Dawes
• Paul Dawes and William Revere
• George Washington and his men
• Nobody

Revere reaches Lexington about midnight and warns ______ and _____ who are hiding out there. (1775)

• Sam Adams and Jeffrey Hancock
• Sam Adams and John Hancock
• Colonists and Native Americans

At dawn on April 19 about 70 armed Massachusetts militiamen stand face to face on ??? with the British advance guard. (1775)

• Lexington Green
• Lexington
• Concord Green
• Concord

At the ______, a British platoon is attacked by militiamen, with 14 casualties. (1775)

• South Bridge in Concord
• North Bridge in Concord
• West Bridge in Concord
• East Bridge in Concord

News of the events at _____ and _____ spreads like wildfire throughout the Colonies. (1775)

• Lexington and Concord
• New Jersey and New York
• Philadelphia and New Jersey
• Boston and Lexington

Colonial volunteers from all over _____ assemble and head for Boston, then establish camps around the city and begin a year long siege of British-held Boston. (1775)

• New Jersey
• New England
• New York

American forces led by Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold capture ____ in New York. (1775)

• Fort Food
• Fort Ticonderoga
• Fort Necessity

The _____________________ convenes in Philadelphia, with John Hancock elected as its president. (1775)

• First Continental Congress
• Philadelphia Congress
• Second Continental Congress