Lesson 3
What problems did the British soldiers cause in Boston?
They took local jobs and caused conflicts.
What were the Intolerable Acts?
This was the British closing the Boston Harbor and banning town meetings as a punishment for the Boston Tea Party.
When was the First Continental Congress?
August 1774
What was the Midnight Ride?
Paul Revere and William Dawes rode horses through towns (starting with Lexington) to warn people that “The British are coming!” to attack.
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
What was the Boston Massacre?
Five colonists and Crispus Attucks (an African American & Native American dockworker) were killed by British troops.
How did the colonies unite against the British after the Intolerable Acts?
Colonies supported Boston by sending them food and supplies.
What did the colonist delegates do during the First Continental Congress?
They created a list of complains against Britain and asked them to repeal 13 Parliamentary Acts.
What happened at the Battle of Lexington?
John Parker led 70 minutemen (colonial soldiers) in battle against the British. 8 minutemen were killed. No one knows who did the first shot.
What are some of the first things that Congress did? (List at least 3)
Print money, establish a post office, created committees for Native American and foreign relations, formed the Continental Army, unanimously voted Washington as president
Who helped spread the news about rising against the British?
Samual Adams and Paul Revere
What was the Quebec Act?
This extended Canadian territory to the Ohio River.
What were the Suffolk Resolves?
These declared coercive British Acts illegal.
What happened at the Battle of Concord?
The British were working on burning colonist weapons, but ended up having to retreat.
What was the Olive Branch petition?
This was the colonists’ last attempt at peace, formally requesting that King George III stopped fighting and respected colonist rights.
What was the Tea Crisis?
The British imposed the Tea Act, which allowed the British East India Company to control all of tea sales in the colonies. This would lower the cost of tea, but colonists boycotted tea to resist the British.
What was the historical significance of the growing unity between the colonists?
This set the stage for the American Revolution.
Who made up the colonial militias?
Citizen soldiers
What happened at Fort Ticonderoga?
The Green Mountain Boys (colonists) quickly took the fort from the British and got important supplies.
Who founded the Continental Army?
George Washington
What was the Boston Tea Party?
The Sons of Liberty dressed as Native Americans and dumped 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor.
What problems did the Quebec Act cause?
What were British soldiers sent to Boston to do?
Take colonist weapons and arrest colonist military learners
Who was Benedict Arnold?
He was initially a patriot but later became a traitor. In 1780, he sold colonist information to the British which helped them lead raids against the colonists.
How did the colonists take back control of Boston?
They ambushed the British soldiers overnight with cannons. The British had to retreat.