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What important meeting was held in September 1774 where 55 delegates met to create a political body to represent the American people and to challenge British control?
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the Union
the Fellowship
the Continental Congress
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True or False: Georgia was the only colony to not send delegates to the Continental Congress.
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What important meeting was held in September 1774 where 55 delegates met to create a political body to represent the American people and to challenge British control?
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True or False: Georgia was the only colony to not send delegates to the Continental Congress.
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True or False: George Washington, Richard Henry Lee, Patrick Henry, Samuel Adams, and John Adams were all delegates for both Continental Congresses.
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As a member of the militia, each citizen was expected to bring what with them?
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Who did King George III order to seize weapons from the Massachusetts militia and arrest the leaders of the rebellion?
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Who witnessed the British soldiers leaving Boston and sent the news to the colonists through Paul Revere and William Dawes?
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True or False: Paul Revere made it through both Lexington and Concord successfully warning the colonists that the British were coming.
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True or False: The first shot at Lexington was fired by the British.
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True or False: The famous poet Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote the "Concord Hymn" 60 years after the shots at Lexington and Concord.
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Who was the infamous captain of the Patriot Army who became a traitor and helped to lead British troops in New York?
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What fort was successfully taken from the British by Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen?
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What is the correct title for the battle at Breed's Hill that happened in June 1775?
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Who was given unanimous approval to become the leader of the Continental Army during the Second Continental Congress?
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What is the name of the petition the delegates of the Second Continental Congress sent to King George III to ask for recognition as an independent nation?
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Who wrote the pamphlet "Common Sense" and helped to inspire the colonists to fight for independence?
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Who drafted the Declaration of Independence?
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Who was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence? (Hint: he wrote his name in big letters so the king could read it without his glasses!)
