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1. Lesson 6: Closer to War
2. The Intolerable Acts were passed. Representatives from the Colonies met to protest the Intolerable Acts.
3. First Continental Congress 1774
4. Theme of the First Continental Congress
5. Textbook Activity
6. Alternate Text Activity
7. The Intolerable Acts were passed. The meeting was called the First Continental Congress. Plans for a boycott were made. Representatives from the Colonies met to protest the Intolerable Acts. A Declaration of Rights was written. It included a list of grievances A Continental Association was formed to enforce the boycott.
8. Keeping track of Political Ideas
9. Declaration of Resolves 1st Amendment Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
10. Writing Plan for First Continental Congress Simulation Your Task: Pretend you are a representative at the First Continental Congress. Write a short three-sentence statement describing your feelings and ideas. First Sentence: Describe how you feel about Parliament and the King:  _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Second Sentence: Describe a grievance, or complaint, you have: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ Third Sentence: Support your other two sentences with a core democratic value or political idea:  __________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________
11. Patrick Henry Speech ( delivered in the House of Burgesses) They tell us, sir, that we are weak; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house? Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction? …Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power. The millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force, which our enemy can send against us. …The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come. It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
12. ACTION Britain sends more soldiers. British arrest some colonial leaders.
13. In Massachusetts, colonists had responded to the Intolerable Acts by organizing special militia units called the “Minutemen.” These were special members of the militia that were supposed to be “ready in a minute” to defend Massachusetts.
14. General Gage learned that these Massachusetts militiamen were storing arms and ammunition in Concord about 20 miles northwest of Boston. He also learned that Sam Adams and John Hancock, two strong patriot leaders, were in Lexington.
15. Sam Adams and John Hancock Militia storing arms
16. British General Gage: Destroy the military supplies. Arrest Adams and Hancock
17. Important People on the Road to Revolution John Adams Patriot leader who defended British soldiers in a trial after the Boston Massacre. Patriot leader who was wanted by the British along with Samuel Adams. John Hancock
18. Battles of Lexington and Concord April, 1775
19. The Intolerable Acts were passed. The meeting was called the First Continental Congress. Plans for a boycott were made. Representatives from the Colonies met to protest the Intolerable Acts. A Declaration of Rights was written. A Continental Association was formed. The first battles of the American Revolution took place.
20. The Revolutionary War had begun!
21. Corners Had you been a newspaper reporter in the Colonies, which event would you have most liked to write about? The Repeal of the Stamp Act The Battles of Lexington and Concord. Boston Massacre The Boston Tea Party