1. The Road to Lexington and Concord

2. EQ: Was there any possible way to avoid the Revolutionary War and achieve the same results for the colonists and England? Or was violence the only possible way to achieve independence?

3. Intolerable Acts Punishment from the Boston Tea Party
Port of Boston closed
British soldiers charged with a crime returns to England for trial
Allow only 1 town meeting per year
New harsher Quartering Act

4. First Continental Congress
12 of the 13 colonies attended
Voted to ban all trade with Britain until the Intolerable Acts were repealed.
Also had each colony start to train troops
Parliament actually increased the restrictions

5. “Gentlemen may cry peace, peace– but there is no peace
“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 should we idle here?... I know not what course others may take. But as for me, give me liberty or give me death.” Patrick Henry

6. Midnight Ride
Paul Revere, William Dawes and Samuel Prescott all part of the warning system for the patriots.
Prescott carries the message to Concord

7. Lexington and Concord
Shot heard around the world, April 19, 1775, beginning of the Revolutionary War
Colonists had to choose sides
Patriot- wanted freedom and rebelled against England
Loyalist- supported British control of the colonies

8. EQ: Was there any possible way to avoid the Revolutionary War and achieve the same results for the colonists and England? Or was violence the only possible way to achieve independence?
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