The Revolution Begins

a meeting of colonial delegates in Philadelphia to decide how to respond to the closing of Boston Harbor, increased taxes, and abuses of authority by the British government; delegates petitioned King George III, listing the freedoms the believed colonist should enjoy

American colonial militia members ready to fight at a minute's notice

British soldiers who fought against the colonists in the American colonies; so called because of their bright red uniforms

American colonists who fought for independence from Great Britain during the Revolutionary War

a meeting of colonial delegates in Philadelphia to decide how to react to fighting at Lexington and Concord; created the Continental army

the army created by the Second Continental Congress in 1775 to defend the American colonies from Britain

leader of the Continental army and first President of the United States

a Revolutionary War battle in Boston that demonstrated that the colonists could fight well against the British army

refusal to buy British goods as a form of punishment or protest

Paul Revere