April MorningStudy Guide Review

• Adam’s main complaint about his father is that he never praises Adam.

• Moses Cooper tolerates no one’s opinion except his own.

• Moses talks down to Adam for being superstitious at the well.

• Joseph Simmons stops to see Moses Cooper to get his advice on a statement that he’s writing for the meeting.

• When his father and Cousin Simmons go to the Committee meeting, Adam goes over to see Ruth.

• Levi cleans Adam’s gun to make up for tattling on Adam.

• Moses Cooper says that the English army is made up of educated officers and ignorant Englishmen

• The rider tells the villages that the British are after supplies in Concord.

• As Adam signs the muster book, his father has a sad expression on his face.

• The muster book is a record of men who are willing to fight.

• Moses believes that when the British soldiers see the militia, the soldiers will respect the colonists.

• When Adam goes out to shoulder arms in the common, he is afraid.

• When the Reverend speaks to the British officers, the British major drives his horse toward the Reverend and forces him to leap aside.

• Moses Cooper is the first militiaman to die

• Adam Cooper hides in a smokehouse.

• Major Pitcairn is the leader of the redcoats.

• Solomon Chandler offers Adam comfort shortly after the first battle.

• Many British soldiers are British convicts.

• The British commander does not surrender his army because there is no one to whom he can surrender

• Solomon Chandler learned about the British army and soldiers during the French and Indian War.

• The Committeemen drive the redcoats back to Boston.

• When Adam wakes up in the midst of the battle he hears Cousin Simmons and the Reverend discussing Adam’s own death

• Levi says the redcoats stole Sarah Cooper’s silver teapot when they came back into Lexington.

• Cousin Simmons is unsure about signing the muster book because he is Lexington’s only blacksmith.

• Adam takes candles to the meeting house for his mother.