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| Intolerable Acts | aka Coercive Acts: Oppressive British laws aimed at punishing Massachusetts. |
| First Continental Congress | Assembled in 1774, it planned opposition to British power. |
| Philadelphia | Home of the Continental Congress |
| John Hancock | MA delegate to 1st Cont. Cong. |
| militia | Colonial citizen-armies formed for self-defense. |
| Patrick Henry | Virginian. Best known for his "Give me liberty, or give me death!" speech |
| Concord | Location of supply depot of MInuteman militia |
| Minutemen | The Massachusetts colonial militia. |
| Battles of Lexington and Concord | First Battle of the Revolutionary War |
| Revolutionary War | Period of armed resistance to British rule, fight for independence. |
| "shot heard 'round the world" | Quote of Ralph Waldo Emerson. |
| Fort Ticonderoga | British fort on Lake Chaplain |
| Ethan Allen | Leader of the Green Mountain Boyss |
| artillery | heavy guns that shoot explosive projectiles |
| Thomas Gage | British military governor. |
| Midnight Ride | Horseback relay to warn Minutemen at Lexington and Concord |
| Second Continental Congress | Met in 1775 to organize and unite the colonies during the Revolution |
| General William Howe | British army commander is Boston |
| Continental Army | Regular army organized by the 2nd Continental Army |
| George Washington | Appointed Commander-in-chief of the Continental Army |
| siege | surrounding and isolating an enemy position |
| martial law | Military rule takes place of civil law. |
| Pyrrhic victory | A victory that leads to ultimate defeat. |
| Thomas Paine | Author of the pamphlet "Common Sense". |
| Common Sense | Pamphlet calling for complete separation from Britain. |
| Olive Branch Petiton | 1775 Last attempt for peaceful solution to the conflict. |
