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Ch 6.3: The Road to Lexington and Concord

Ch 6.3: The Road to Lexington and Concord. The tension between Britain and the colonies lead to armed conflict in Massachusetts. Intolerable Acts. Britain angry about Tea Party Parliament passes the Intolerable Acts (1774) close port of Boston until colonists pay for destroyed tea

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Ch 6.3: The Road to Lexington and Concord

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  1. Ch 6.3: The Road to Lexington and Concord • The tension between Britain and the colonies lead to armed conflict in Massachusetts

  2. Intolerable Acts • Britain angry about Tea Party • Parliament passes the Intolerable Acts (1774) • close port of Boston until colonists pay for destroyed tea • ban committees of correspondence • allow Britain to house troops whenever necessary • allow British official accused of crimes to stand trial in Britain

  3. Colonial delegates meet at First Continental Congress (1774) Vote to ban trade with Britain until the Intolerable Acts are repealed Call on each colony to begin training troops First Continental Congress Meets

  4. Between War and Peace • Colonial leaders believe boycotts will force Britain to repeal Intolerable Acts; does not • More troops sent • Some colonists continue to train; prepare to fight

  5. British troops sent to arrest Sam Adams, John Hancock in Lexington • British plan to destroy a militia supply of ammunition in Concord

  6. Midnight Ride • Paul Revere, William Dawes, Samuel Prescott spread news of troop movement

  7. Lexington and Concord: first battles of Revolution • April 19, 1775, British troops reach Lexington, fight militiamen • Move onto Concord to destroy ammunition

  8. [Nearly 4,000 Minutemen and militiamen arrived in the area. They lined the road from Concord to Lexington and peppered the retreating redcoats with musket fire. “It seemed as if men came down from the clouds,” one soldier said. Only the arrival of 1,000 more troops saved the British from destruction as they scrambled back to Boston.] Militia hit-n-run retreating Redcoats

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