| A | B |
|---|
| Continental Congress | Political body of 55 delegates appointed to represent American interests. |
| John Adams | Lawyer sent from Mass. to Continential Congress. |
| John Jay | From N.Y. a lawyer |
| Richard Henry Lee | Delegate from Virginia outspoken leader for colonial rights. |
| militias | groups of citizen soldiers |
| minutemen | Soldiers who boasted they would be ready to fight at a minute's notice. |
| Paul Revere & William Dawes | Members of the Sons of Liberty who rode to Lexington, a town east tof Concord to warn the British are coming. |
| approached | moved closer to |
| "The Concord Hymn" | Written by Ralph Waldo Emerson to commemorate the start of the revolution. |
| Fort Ticonderoga | Situated on Lake Champlain a strategic location and rich in military supplies. |
| Ethan Allen | Leader of the "Green Mountain Boys" from Vermont. |
| volunteers | helpers |
| Loyalists | Sided with Britain |
| Patriots | Colonists who supported the war for independence. |
| Battle of Bunker Hill | June 16, 1775 fought under Colonel Prescott and in and around Boston. |
