1. The Revolutionary War Begins
Chapter 4

2. Review Sons of Liberty Daughters of Liberty Boston Massacre
Committee of Correspondence
The Tea Act
The Boston Tea Party
The Coercive/Intolerable Acts

3. Colonies Unite! 1st Continental Congress-
Organized by the Comm. of Corr.
September – October, 1774
Meeting of delegates from 12 colonies in Philadelphia (no Georgia)
Declaration of Rights and Grievances
Expressed loyalty to the king
Condemned the Coercive Acts
Boycott British Goods

4. Colonial Militias Form
Each colony forms their own army & b/g training them
Patrick Henry – “…give me liberty or give me death!” speech
Minutemen= militiamen from Massachusetts – ready to fight in a minute’s notice – key to start of war
Colonists begin to confiscate, smuggle, & steal weapons for defense!

5. Taking Sides
Patriots – colonists who supported the rebellion & wanted war with England. 1/3 population (Mainly New England & Virginia)
Loyalists – colonists who opposed the rebellion & wanted peace. (Mainly Georgia, the Carolinas, & New York)
Nobody expected a war for independence at this point! Colonists only wanted taxes & unjust laws repealed!

6. Paul Revere’s Ride
Revere put two lanterns in the church to show the British were coming by sea
1 if by land, 2 if by sea
2 Objectives…
Get to Lexington to warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock that the British were marching to arrest them
Get to Concord where the weapons and supplies were hidden & warn the colonists
Revere did not get to Concord b/c he was captured, but later let go
Dr. Samuel Prescott is actually the person who got to Concord to warn the militia

7. Paul Revere’s Ride

8. On to Lexington & Concord
April 19, 1775= 700 British march to Concord to seize Patriot guns.
Lexington – British met by 70 “minutemen” on way to Concord
1st shots of war fired here, 8 minutemen killed
Concord – 400 colonial militia meet British at “Old North Bridge”
British are forced to retreat!

9. The “Shot Heard ‘Round the World”
The fighting at Lexington & Concord started the Revolutionary War
The battle at Concord became known as the “shot heard round the world”
B/c this event inspired other countries to rise up and rebel against unjust rulers and govts.
Other revolutions will follow the American Revolution

10. Lexington Green- Minutemen shot here

11. Old North Bridge- Concord, Mass.

12. Second Continental Congress
Meet in Philadelphia
May – June, 1775
Name George Washington general & commander of the Continental Army
Creates Continental Army