After
King
George
III
had
closed
off
Boston
with
the
coercive
,
or
,
____________________
acts
,
representatives
from
12
of
13
colonies
met
in
____________________
to
discuss
a
strategy
.
Only
____________________
neglected
to
send
delegates
.
This
1774
meeting
was
known
as
the
First
____________________
____________________
.
The
delegates
determined
they
would
back
Boston
,
____________________
British
goods
,
and
encourage
each
colony
to
set
up
a
____________________
,
or
army
of
citizen
soldiers
.
In
New
England
,
the
volunteer
soldiers
were
known
as
____________________
.
In
April
of
1775
,
fighting
between
England
and
her
colonies
began
in
____________________
with
the
battles
of
____________________
and
Concord
.
In
May
,
a
second
congress
met
and
sent
a
gesture
of
____________________
to
King
George
III
known
as
the
____________________
____________________
Petition
.
King
George
rejected
the
petition
and
sent
20K
troops
to
the
colonies
.
Knowing
the
Olive
Branch
may
be
rejected
,
the
congress
also
set
up
a
Continental
____________________
with
____________________
____________________
in
command
.
Also
in
May
,
and
unknown
to
the
congress
,
the
____________________
____________________
____________________
of
Vermont
attacked
the
powerful
Fort
____________________
taking
the
cannons
and
gunpowder
.
They
hauled
the
supplies
over
the
mountains
to
____________________
where
the
Patriots
would
use
them
to
drive
out
the
British
.
Opinions
about
independence
were
mixed
in
the
colonies
.
About
1
/
3
of
the
colonists
wanted
independence
.
They
were
called
____________________
.
Another
1
/
3
sided
with
the
British
.
They
were
called
____________________
or
Tories
.
Another
1
/
3
of
colonists
simply
were
not
interested
in
choosing
sides
or
lived
in
places
unaffected
by
the
Revolution
.
When
the
British
were
forced
from
Boston
1
,
000
____________________
left
with
them
.
Many
Tories
fought
with
the
British
.
The
King
also
used
German
____________________
,
soldiers
for
hire
,
to
fight
the
Americans
.
