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Review Review American RevolutionAmerican Revolution
VocabularyVocabularyQuiz 2Quiz 2
Mrs. MartinMrs. Martin
Grade 4Grade 4
freedom
liberty
independent
Declaration of Independence
To have ___________________ or To have ___________________ or
______________________ means to be free.______________________ means to be free.
When a country is ________________________When a country is ________________________they are self-governing. they are self-governing. The document that the Continental Congress The document that the Continental Congress sent to the king stating that the colonies wanted sent to the king stating that the colonies wanted their freedom or independence is called thetheir freedom or independence is called the
____________________________________________________________________________
The _____________________________ The _____________________________ was a group of leaders in the colonies who was a group of leaders in the colonies who gathered to make important decisions gathered to make important decisions during the Revolutionary War Period.during the Revolutionary War Period.
This _______________________________ This _______________________________
formed the__________________________ formed the__________________________
and wrote the ________________________ and wrote the ________________________
Continental Army
Continental Congress
Continental Congress
Declaration of Independence
A __________________ is an army made up A __________________ is an army made up of local volunteers who would run drills and of local volunteers who would run drills and train. train.
The __________________________ were The __________________________ were
soldiers in a ______________________ that soldiers in a ______________________ that could be ready to fight in a minute notice.could be ready to fight in a minute notice.
The ____________________________ was The ____________________________ was the army that General George Washington the army that General George Washington led during the Revolutionary War.led during the Revolutionary War.
militia
Minutemen
militia
Continental Army
The _______________________ were The _______________________ were against the British taxes and felt the against the British taxes and felt the colonies should be independent from colonies should be independent from Great Britain.Great Britain.
The ________________________ wanted The ________________________ wanted to remain under British control and stay to remain under British control and stay loyal to the King of England. loyal to the King of England.
Some colonists were __________________.Some colonists were __________________.
They did not choose sides. They did not choose sides.
patriots
neutral
loyalists
The _______________________________The _______________________________
were a secret group of patriots who organized were a secret group of patriots who organized protests against British laws and taxes that protests against British laws and taxes that they felt were unfair. they felt were unfair.
A ______________________ is a person A ______________________ is a person who turns against or works against his own who turns against or works against his own country. Benedict Arnold is a famous country. Benedict Arnold is a famous
American ________________________American ________________________
Sons of Liberty
traitor
traitor
When the people abruptly overthrow their When the people abruptly overthrow their government it is called a government it is called a
_____________._____________.
The ______________________________ The ______________________________ was the war in which the colonies fought was the war in which the colonies fought to gain their independence or freedom to gain their independence or freedom from Great Britain. from Great Britain.
revolution
American Revolution
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