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The RevolutionaryWar
Information onthe beggining of the Revolutionary War
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Despite protests by the First Continental Congress, what did the British do? | Stood firm against its rebellious colonies |
| What did the colonists do when the British stood firm against the rebellious colonies? | They prepared for war |
| What kind of men met for military exercises? | Men throughout the Thirteen Colonies |
| Where was tension the greatest? | Massachusetts |
| What steps were taken in Massachusetts? | To organize an army |
| What did most colonists hope King George the third and parliament would do? | Relax their grip on the Thirteen Colonies |
| What did a growing numbers of others favor against peace? | A war for independence |
| Who spoke "Give Me Liberty, Or Give Me Death!" | Patrick Henry |
| When did Patrick Henry deliver his speech? | March, 1775 |
| What was happening in Boston? | pressure was mounting on General Thomas Gage |
| Who is General Thomas Gage? | the British-appointed governor of Massachusetts |
| What were the colonists stockpiling at Concord? | Guns and ammunition |
| Dummies were made to look like who before the war began? | General Gage |
| What did the colonists do to the General Gage dummies? | Burned at patriot rallies |
| Who was calling General Gage "Tommy, the old woman?" | British troops |
| When did Great Britain instruct General Gage to use force against the rebels? | April, 1775 |
| What was Gage's plan to do in Concord? | Raid Concord and take possession of the colonial arms and ammunition stored there |
| What did the British hope to accomplish when they went through Lexington? | To capture Samuel Adams and John Hancock |
| Adams and Hancock were leaders of what? | Anti-British activities in the Boston area |
| Adams was one of the first public figures to do what? | Speak openly for independence |
| What three things did John Adams help organize? | Sons of Liberty, Committees of Correspondence, and the Boston Tea Party |
| Who was the richest man in Boston? | John Hancock |
| What did Hancock do to become popular in Massachusetts? | For his defiance of the British |
| What was a poorly kept secret? | Gage's plan to march to Lexington and Concord |
| Two days before the British left Boston, Paul Revere informed the patriots what? | That the redcoats expected to arrest Hancock and Adams in Lexington |
| Where did the British want to capture Adams and Hancock? | Military stores in Concord |
| Who was Paul Revere's companion? | Dr. Samuel Prescott and William Dawes |
| What happened when an advance guard of the king's troop reached Lexington? | They were met by a band of 40-50 minutemen |
| What were the minutemen doing when the British got to Lexington? | stood on the village green with musket in hand |
| How many minutemen were killed? | 8 |
| How many minutemen were wounded? | 10 |
| After the British left Lexington, what did they do? | The British regulars marched 6 miles to Concord |
| What happened when the British got to Concord? | They burned the courthouse and destroyed military supplies |
| What did the minutemen do at Concord's North Bridge? | routed three companies of British light infantry |
| How many British soldiers did the colonists hurt at Concord? | 3 died and 8 were wounded |
| Where did the British go when they left Concord? | They began a 16 mile march back to Boston |
| When the news of Lexington went around, how did the minutemen react? | Hundreds of minutemen rushed to the scene and took positions through the countryside |
| Minutemen fired at the British behind what? | Walls, hedges, and trees |
| How many casualties got hurt before the British reached Boston? | 250, 73 died |
| What signaled the beginning of the Revolutionary War? | The battles of Lexington and Concord |
| Colonial representatives assembled where to coordinate actions against the British? | Philadelphia |
| Delegates to the Second Continental Congress voted to organize what? | the Continental Army |
| George Washington was chosen as what? | The commander in chief of the colonial troops |
| Who had the advantage in population? | British |
| What was the British vs. Colonist population? | 12,000,000 to 2,750,000 |
| Who had the advantage in support of the people? | Colonists |
| Who had the advantage in size of the navy? | British |
| The British was the.....in the world. | best navy |
| Who had the advantage in familiarity with the land? | Colonists |
| Why did the colonist have an advantage in familiarity with the land? | They were fighting on home ground and the British were fighting in unfamiliar territory |
| Who had the advantage in organization of army? | British |
| The British soldiers were..... | highly organized |
| Who had the advantage in officers and soldiers? | British |
| The British soldiers respected who? How did they show their respect? | Their well-trained officers. Orders were readily obeyed |
| Who had the advantage in term of military duty? | British |
| How long was the term of British soldiers? | could be counted on for a lengthy term of duty |
| How long was the term of the colonist soldiers? | Normal term, 1 year |
| Who had the advantage in uniforms and awards? | British |
| What kind of uniforms/ awards did the colonists have? | No uniforms/ awards |
| What color were the British uniforms? | Red |
| Who had the advantage in weapons, supplies, and transportation? | British |
| What did the British have control over (not the colonists)? | the seacoast |
| Who had the advantage in reason for fighting? | Colonists |
| What was the interest for fighting in the colony? | To protect homes, families, and freedom to govern themselves |
| What was the interest for the British fighting? | No particular interest |
| Who had the advantage in amount of wealth? | British |
| Who were the wealthiest colonies? | Loyalists |
| British was the.....country in the world. | richest |
| Who had the advantage in amount of manufacturing? | British |
| The British......manufactured goods than any other country in the world. | produced more |
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