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6.3 The Road to Lexington and Concord

6.3 The Road to Lexington and Concord. Intolerable acts. In 1774 Parliament passed the Coercive Acts which were designed to punish Massachusetts. The colonists called them Intolerable Acts. These closed the Port of Boston until all the tea was paid for.

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6.3 The Road to Lexington and Concord

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  1. 6.3 The Road to Lexington and Concord

  2. Intolerable acts • In 1774 Parliament passed the Coercive Acts which were designed to punish Massachusetts. • The colonists called them Intolerable Acts. • These closed the Port of Boston until all the tea was paid for. • Committees of Correspondence were banned. • It said that Britain could house troops where ever they thought necessary. • Other colonies offered Massachusetts support with food and money.

  3. First Continental Congress • They voted to ban trade with Britain until the Intolerable Acts were repealed. • They also stated that each colony should begin training troops (sounds pretty serious)

  4. Between War and Peace • Parliament increased restrictions on colonial trade. • John Hancock was appointed to head the Committee of Safety which would have the power to call out the militia. • Patrick Henry gave his famous “Give me liberty or give me death.” speech in 1775.

  5. The Midnight Ride • Sam Adams had built a network of spies. • The British also had spied who learned that Massachusetts militia was storing arms and Concord. • Revere and his pal Billy Dawes had a system to spread the word about the British troop movements by using lights in the Old North Church steeple (one if by land, two if by sea). • http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=5047FC80-04BF-4DE8-B78F-AA71B63A0242&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US

  6. Lexington and Concord • On April 19, 1775 700 British troops met Captain John Parker and 70 rebels. • The British ordered the rebels to stand down, but they wouldn’t, shots were fired and four colonists were killed. • The British marched to Concord, destroyed supplies; a battle broke out on a bridge, and the British were routed. • Word got out that there was an active fight, and 4000 more rebels arrived, lined the road from Concord to Lexington, and peppered the retreating British troops with musket fire. • This was the first battle of the Revolution, “the shot heard round the world” (Emerson) • Colonists who supported the British were called Loyalists. • Colonists who supported the rebels were called Patriots.

  7. Word got out that there was an active fight, and 4000 more rebels arrived, lined the road from Concord to Lexington, and peppered the retreating British troops with musket fire. • This was the first battle of the Revolution, “the shot heard round the world” (Emerson) • Colonists who supported the British were called Loyalists. • Colonists who supported the rebels were called Patriots.

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