1. Ch. 5 Sect. 3
A Call to Arms pp

2. Topics for Quiz Ch. 5 Sect. 2 and 3
Boston Massacre and engraving
Boston Tea Party
Intolerable Acts
Ethan Allen and Gr Mtn Boys
Bunker Hill
Lexington and Concord—who were the Br. Looking for—”shot heard ‘round the world”
Patriots and Loyalists
King George quote

3. 1st Continental Congress
Sept. 1774, 55 delegates came from all of the colonies except Georgia
Famous political leaders who attended: Sam Adams, John Adams—Mass. John Jay-- NY Patrick Henry, Richard Henry Lee, George Washington-- Va.
The Congress decided to boycott all British trade and to form militias to protect themselves

4. The First Battles
Most believed the fighting would break out in New England as militia trained, made bullets and stockpiled muskets—minutemen boasted they would be ready at a moments notice
Britain prepared for war –several thousand troops in and around Boston
Gen. Gage learned that the colonials were storing arms and ammunition in Concord and ordered 700 troops to seize and destroy it

5. Lexington and Concord
April 18,1775, Paul Revere and William Dawes alerted the colonists “The British regulars are out”
Lexington and Concord first battles of the Revolution
Called the “shot heard ‘round the world”

6. More Military Action
Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain boys captured Fort Ticonderoga—gained valuable cannons
Battle of Bunker Hill—June 16, 1775—the British won the battle but suffered heavy losses—over 1,000 killed or wounded—England knew defeating the Americans would not be easy

7. Choosing Sides As battles occurred, colonists had to choose sides
People who remained loyal to Great Britain were Loyalists or Tories
Patriots were colonists who supported the war for independence
There were many people who remained neutral or played both sides, especially in the Hudson Valley