Vocabulary: WTP 1-5

What was the American Revolution?

• the formation of the Continental Army

• the war between American colonists and Great Britain for independence

• the signing of the Declaration of Independence

• a meeting of colonial representatives to protest British rule

What was the purpose of the First Continental Congress?

• to organize the Continental Army

• to support Great Britain during the Revolution

• to meet and represent the interests of the colonists and protest British rule

• to draft the Declaration of Independence

Americans who supported Great Britain during the Revolution were known as

• Representative

• Patriots

• Loyalists

• Principles

Who were the Patriots?

• Americans who remained neutral during the Revolution

• Americans who supported Great Britain during the Revolution

• Americans who supported the war for independence against Great Britain

• The group that organized the Continental Army

What was the role of the Second Continental Congress?

• to protest British rule and represent the colonists' interests

• to support Great Britain during the Revolution

• to organize the Continental Army and draft the Declaration of Independence

• to write a description of the basic principles of the new nation

What is the Declaration of Independence?

• A meeting of colonial representatives to protest British rule

• The war between American colonists and Great Britain

• A rule or belief of how to behave

• A written description of the basic principles of the new nation

a rule or belief of how to behave

• hypothesis

• principle

• theory

• guess