The Road to Revolution 6-3: The Road to Lexington and Concord.
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The Road to RevolutionThe Road to Revolution
6-3: The Road to Lexington and Concord
The Intolerable Acts
Militia –• armed citizens who
practiced to defend their communities
Minutemen – • militiamen who were
trained to be “ready at a minute’s warning”
The Intolerable Acts
Coercive Acts –• laws passed by Parliament to punish Boston for the
Tea Party1. closed the port of Boston ‘til the tea was
paid for2. banned committees of correspondence and
limited town council meetings and the Massachusetts Colonial Assembly to just once a year
3. included a stricter Quartering Act, allowing troops to be housed in private homes
4. provided for trials in Britain of British officials accused of crimes in America
colonial name for the Coercive Acts
Intolerable
The Intolerable Acts
• Parliament was more determined than ever to “master” the colonists.
• Their efforts actually drew the colonies closer together, as other colonies sent food and money to Boston and colonists again met to discuss acting together
Summary –
Thomas Gage –• British general sent to Boston as Governor to enforce the Coercive Acts
The First Continental Congress Meets
1st Continental Congress –
• meeting of delegates from most colonies• asked Parliament to repeal Coercive Acts• urged colonies to train their militias and store
weapons just in case
Summary –• While not ready to call for independence,
colonists were determined to act together to uphold their rights.
• leader of Massachusetts’ Committee of Safety, which was storing weapons in Concord and elsewhere
Between War and Peace
BetweenWar and Peace
Patrick Henry Before the Virginia House of BurgessesPeter F. Rothermel
Between War and Peace
Patrick Henry – •in Virginia’s House of Burgesses,
called for Virginia to follow Massachusetts’ lead and prepare for war ...
known for the line:
“ I know not what course others may take,but as for me,
Give me Liberty, or Give me Death! ”
Between War and Peace
Summary –• Colonists thought a show of force would
cause Britain to change its policies for governing the colonies, and continued to organize to be ready.
• colonial leaders in Lexington where General Thomas Gage sent troops to arrest them
The Midnight Ride
Sam Adams & –
Paul RevereJohn Singleton Copley
The Midnight Ride
The Midnight Ride
Paul Revere’sRide Grant Wood
• messengers who rode to Lexington warning colonists along the way of the approaching British soldiers
•both were stopped just outside Lexington
•Revere was captured•Dawes escaped with a lame horse
The Midnight Ride
Paul Revere & William Dawes –
• joined Dawes and Revere in Lexington en route to Concord
• only one of the three to make it to Concord to warn their militia
The Midnight Ride
Dr. Samuel Prescott –
The Midnight Ride
Summary –• colonial networks of communication
spread the news of British troop movements so that militias might be prepared to protect their towns
Lexington & Concord
Loyalists –
• Americans who supported the British government
Patriots –
• Americans who fought against the British government and, later, supported independence
Lexington & Concord
Lexington – Concord –
• British troops sent here to capture weapons and ammunition
• 1st American (Patriot) victory of Revolutionary War
• British troops sent here to arrest Adams &
• 1st battle of the Revolutionary War• British victory
Lexington & Concord
John Parker –• Captain of the 70 Lexington militiamen who
faced 700 British troops to show that they would defend their towns against British tyranny
Lexington & Concord
Stand Your Ground Don Troiani
Lexington & Concord
First News of the Battle of Lexington — William Tylee Ranney
Lexington & Concord
Ralph Waldo Emerson –• American poet who called the events at Lexington and Concord:
“The shot heard ‘round the world.”
By the rude bridge that arched the flood,
Their flag to April's breeze unfurled;
Here once the embattled farmers stood;
And fired the shot heard ‘round the world.
Lexington & Concord
Summary –
• War begins. The colonists have shown the determination to fight for their rights as Englishmen.
• The British soldiers are chased back to Boston as American organization becomes suddenly evident.
The Road to RevolutionThe Road to Revolution6-3: The Road to Lexington & Concord