Quiz 1 Flashcards
Blockade
Seal off (a place) to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving
Mercenaries
Hired soldiers
Allies
Nations who help one another
Tyranny
Cruel, unreasonable, or oppressive government or rule
Guerrilla warfare
Using the surroundings to ambush and attack
Hessians
German troops hired by Britain during the American Revolution
Continental army
Inexperienced and pearly equipped army of the colonists
Regulars
A name that referred to British soldiers during the revolutionary war
Revolution
The overthrow of a government to establish a new system
Preamble
An introduction
Common sense
A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine; purpose was to convince colonists to support the declaration of independence from Great Britain
Declaration of Independence
Document written by Thomas Jefferson that declared American independence from great Britain.
First Continental Congress
Agreed to establish a colonial militia-minuntmen
The British are coming
Paul revere and William Dawes make their midnight ride to warn minutemen of approaching British soldiers
Militia formed in 1774
The shot heard around the world (Lexington)
Colonists warned of British arrival
Wanted to slow down British to allow time for minutemen to gather and prepare
70 armed minutemen and British have a brief struggle
8 colonists die and 1 British wounded
British head to concord
