+ A Call to Arms Review of Lesson 5.3 Questions

+ Do Now Take out your vocabulary sheets and Lesson 5.3 Questions. Finish defining the words on page 120 of your textbook.

+ Question 1 Delegates from how many colonies were sent to the first Continental Congress? Which was the only colony not to send a representative?

+ Answer Delegates from 12 colonies were sent to the first Continental Congress. Georgia was the only colony not to send a representative.

+ Question 2 Who were some of the key people sent to the first Continental Congress?

+ Answer Some of the key people sent to the first Continental Congress were Samuel Adams and his cousin John Adams from Massachusetts, John Jay from New York, and George Washington, Richard Henry Lee, and Patrick Henry from Virginia.

+ Samuel Adams

+ John Adams

+ John Jay

+ George Washington

+ Richard Henry Lee

+ Patrick Henry

+ Question 3 Why did the delegates call for the repeal of certain laws?

+ Answer The delegates believed that the laws violated the “laws of nature, the principals of the English constitution, and the several charters.”

+ Question 4 List the 4 key actions of the Continental Congress.

+ Answer The delegates called for : 1. The repeal of 13 acts of Parliament 2. To boycott British trade 3. To endorse the Suffolk Resolves, which declared the Coercive Acts to be illegal. 4. They also called on the county’s residents to arm themselves against the British.

+ Question 5 Name 3 things a militia member was expected to do.

+ Answer Militia members trained and had drills with other citizen soldiers, practiced with muskets and cannons, and were required to provide their own weapon – usually a musket – and ammunition.

+ Question 6 What did towns begin to do as tension between Britain and the colonies grew?

+ Answer As tension between Britain and the colonies grew, towns began to gather and store military supplies.

+ Question 7 Since many colonists felt that fighting may begin in New England, what 3 things did militias in Massachusetts do?

+ Answer Militias in Massachusetts held drills, made bullets, and stockpiled weapons.

+ Question 8 Why were some militias known as minutemen?

+ Answer Some militias were known as minutemen because they boasted they would be ready to fight at a minute’s notice.

+ Note In a debate over whether the Virginia Colony should form a militia, Patrick Henry said, “Give me liberty, or give me death!”

+ Question 9 By April 1775, several thousand British troops were in and around Boston. What did British general Thomas Gage have orders to do?

+ Answer British General Thomas Gage had orders to seize the weapons from the Massachusetts militia and arrest the leaders.

+ Question 10 After Gage learned that the militia stored arms and ammunition at Concord, what did he do? Be specific.

+ Answer Gage ordered 700 troops under Lieutenant Colonel Francis Smith “to Concord, where you will seize and destroy all the artillery and ammunition you can find.”

+ The British on the Move On the night of April 18, 1775, colonial protest leader Dr. Joseph Warren walked through Boston. Watching for any unusual activity by the British, he…

+ The British on the Move Saw troops marching out of the city.

+ The British on the Move Warren alerted Paul Revere and William Dawes, members of the…

+ The British on the Move Sons of Liberty

+ The British on the Move Revere and Dawes rode to Lexington, a town east of Concord, to…

+ The British on the Move Spread the word that the British were coming.

+ The British on the Move Revere galloped across the countryside…

+ The British on the Move Shouting his warning of the approaching troops.

+ The British on the Move Hearing the news, Samuel Adams said…

+ The British on the Move “What a glorious morning it is!”

+ The British on the Move A British patrol officer later captured Dawes and Revere. Another rider….

+ The British on the Move Named Samuel Prescott carried the warning to Concord.

+ Wrap Up 1. What was the purpose of the first Continental Congress? 2. Who were the minutemen? 3. Why were colonial militias formed? 4. What was General Thomas Gage’s reaction to this? 5. Describe the significance of Paul Revere and William Dawes.