| A | B |
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| a Virginia Patriot who said that he was eager for war famously stated, "Give me liberty, or give me death!" | Patrick Henry |
| a group of ordinary people who train for battle | militia |
| became the governor of Massachusetts after the Boston Tea Party; had orders to stop any possible rebellion | General Thomas Gage |
| a silversmith and Patriot from Boston who rode out to warn the Patriots that the British were headed for Lexington and Concord | Paul Revere |
| another Patriot from Boston who rode out to warn the Patriots that the British were headed for Concord | William Dawes |
| militia with special training; ready for battle at a minute's notice | minutemen |
| places where the first fighting of the Revolutionary War began; first two battle of the Revolutionary War | Lexington & Concord |
| Patriots built a fort; British attacked and were turned back twice, but on the third attack were successful because the Patriots ran out of gunpowder; proved Patriots could fight well | Bunker Hill (Breed's Hill) |
| Patriot commander at Bunker Hill who told the militia, "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes." | William Prescott |
| a written request from a number of people | petition |
| sent by the Second Continental Congress to King George III; asked the king to help end the conflict (the king did not even read it) g | Olive Branch Petition |
| Patriot commander who was sent to Fort Ticonderoga to capture cannons which were then dragged back to Boston, a distance of over 300 miles | Colonel Henry Knox |
