The American Revolution Vocabulary Builder Section 1

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1 The American Revolution

DIRECTIONS Read each sentence and fill in the blank with the word in
the word pair that best completes the sentence.
1. The chose not to break away from Britain but did
create a military force and a new currency with which to pay the soldiers.
(First Continental Congress/Second Continental Congress)
2. General George Washington led the main colonial military force, which was called
the . (Continental Army/minutemen)
3. All of the colonies except Georgia sent delegates to the
to discuss Great Britain’s decision to close the port of Boston.
(First Continental Congress/Second Continental Congress)
4. Members of the civilian volunteer militia of Massachusetts were known as

. (minutemen/Redcoats)

5. Although the colonists lost, the proved that they
could take on the British. (Battle of Bunker Hill/Seige of Fort Ticonderoga)
DIRECTIONS Write two adjectives or descriptive phrases that describe
the term, person, or event.
6. Battle of Bunker Hill
7. George Washington
8. minutemen
9. Redcoats
10. Second Continental Congress