Match each description with the correct term:
1) Fought at Lexington and Concord
2) A formal meeting called for a special purpose
3) Complaints against British rule
4) Formed to solve the problem of trade
5) British laws that punished the colonists
6) Protested the Intolerable Acts
Options:
(a) Albany Plan of Union
(b) Convention
(c) First Continental Congress
(d) Grievances
(e) Intolerable Acts
(f) Minutemen
Answer (2)
First Continental Congress and the American Revolution
The American Revolution was a period marked by the escalating tensions between the colonists and the British Empire, characterized by several significant events that led to the War for Independence. The First Continental Congress was a critical moment where representatives (except Georgia) united to address the oppressive British legislations, known as the Intolerable Acts. This congress aimed to articulate the colonies' grievances and assert their rights. The battles at Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the Revolutionary War, where colonial militias, including the minutemen, fought against British forces. These events marked the transition from peaceful protest to armed conflict. The colonies, which now saw themselves increasingly as independent states, were determined to resist British rule, leading to the drafting of the Declaration of Independence and the formal break from British governance.
The matched terms for the descriptions are: 1) Minutemen, 2) Convention, 3) Grievances, 4) Albany Plan of Union, 5) Intolerable Acts, 6) First Continental Congress.
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