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Question 1

What was the first battle of the American Revolution?

Answer 1

The Battle of Lexington and Concord.

Question 2

who were the 3 main delegates at the 2nd continental congress meeting?

Answer 2

1-Thomas Jefferson
2-John Handcock
3-Benjamin Franklin

Question 3

what were the first 2 things that the 2CC voted on?

Answer 3

1-George Washington:commander of army

2-They decided to print paper $ for the colonies.

Question 4

What does PATRIOTS mean?

Answer 4

colonists who favored independence

Question 5

What does LOYALISTS mean?

Answer 5

Someone who remains loyal to England and its King.

Question 6

what were the 3 groups of loyalists?

Answer 6

1-landowners
2-african americans
3-indian americans

Question 7

The 2CC sends a resolution of peace to England… Called?

Answer 7

Olive Branch Petition

Question 8

The OBP said…?

Answer 8

1-Declaired colonial loyalty to England and its King.
2-It asked that all fighting between England would stop.
3-To establish peace between each other.

Question 9

What battle took place on May 10,1775?

Answer 9

Battle of Ft. Ticonderoga

Question 10

what is ft Ticonderoga’s nickname?

Answer 10

Ft. Ti

Question 11

Who was the militia from vermont?

Answer 11

The Green Mountain Boys.

Question 12

Who was the leader of the green mountain boys?

Answer 12

Ethan Allan

Question 13

Why was the attack on Ft. Ti so important? 2 reasons:

Answer 13

1-This Ft controls the supply route between Canada and NewYork.It cut the supple line of.
2-It gave the colonists valuable weapons and ammunition cannons.

Question 14

Who were the colonists commanders at the battle of bunker hill?

Answer 14

Putnam and Prescot

Question 15

What was Prescots famous phrase?

Answer 15

Don’t shoot till you see the white of his eyes.

Question 16

What did washington do?

Answer 16

Washington brings cannons from ft Ti=. He put them on hills and starts to fire at the british. less than a year later March 1776 the British had enough and moved away. They never did come back to Boston but they moved to New York and burned the city down.

Question 17

Mercenaries. Def?

Answer 17

Soldiers who serve another country for money.

Question 18

Who were the 2 leaders washington picked to divide his group in 2?

Answer 18

Richard Montgoenery and Benidict Arnold

Question 19

Why was the attack from ft. Ti a failure?

Answer 19

1-One of the worst snow storms hit and it slowed them down.
2-Both armies ran low on supplies.
3. The Canadians never joined in and helped our army
4. Montgomery was killed at the beginning and Arnold was wounded. No leaders so our armies retreated