1. Chapter 5, Lesson 3 EQ: What motivates people to act?
A Call to Arms
Chapter 5, Lesson 3
EQ: What motivates people to act?

2. Lesson Vocabulary Minutemen Loyalists Patriots
Continental Congress (pg. 126)
Suffolk Resolves (pg. 127)
Battles of Lexington and Concord (pg. 129)

3. What motivates people to act?
Essential Question
What motivates people to act?
What brought about the clash between American colonists and British soldiers at Lexington and Concord?

4. The Continental Congress
September 1774, 55 delegates from the colonies (except Georgia) met in Philadelphia
Met to represent American interests and challenge British control
Called the Continental Congress

5. B. Explore a new continent C. Challenge British control
Section 3
The purpose of the Continental Congress was to accomplish which of the following tasks?
A. Support British rule
B. Explore a new continent
C. Challenge British control
D. Establish a new boycott A B C D

6. Delegates to the Congress
Massachusetts sent Samuel Adams and his cousin John Adams
New York sent John Jay
Virginia sent Richard Henry Lee, Patrick Henry, and George Washington

7. Speculate
What effect do you think these words might have had on other colonists? 

8. Decisions of the Congress
The Delegates drafted grievances calling for a repeal of the acts
Said the laws violated their rights
Voted to boycott British trade
Decided to endorse the Suffolk Resolves
Called for people to arm themselves against the British
People formed militias (groups of citizen soldiers)

9. Training Militias Mostly in New England Had training sessions
Made bullets
Stockpiled rifles and muskets
Minutemen were ready to fight on a minute’s notice

10. Activity
As you read, list three actions (decisions) of the Continental Congress (pg )
Continental Congress

11. Activity What was the purpose of the Continental Congress?
How did support for the Suffolk Resolves by the Continental Congress push the colonies closer to war?

12. Britain Sends Troops
King George III: New England Colonies were “in a state of rebellion”
George III: fighting was going to happen
April 1775, thousand British soldiers sent to Boston
Many more were on their way
Under the command of Thomas Gage, the British were to take the weapons of the militias
Also arrest the leaders

13. Militia Weapons
Gage learned that the weapons and ammunition was at Concord
About 20 miles northwest of Boston
Lieutenant Colonel Francis Smith and 700 troops were sent to Concord
“Where you will seize and destroy all the artillery and ammunition you can find”

14. Alerting the Colonists
On the night of April 18th, 1775 Dr. Joseph Warren saw the British begin to march out of Boston
Warren told Paul Revere and William Dawes (Both members of the sons of liberty)
They rode to Lexington to warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock
“The British are coming” “The regulars are out!”
Adams said “What a glorious morning this is!” ready to fight for independence

15. The Redcoats March On At dawn the Redcoats approached Lexington
70 minutemen were there led by John Parker
Minutemen stood on the town common with muskets in hand
The British yelled “Throw down your arms, ye villains, ye rebels!”

16. The Shot Heard Round The World
Somebody fired, then both sides exchanged bullets
8 minutemen were dead
The British troops moved to take the ammunition, but most had already been moved
They destroyed the remaining supplies
At Concord’s North Bridge, the Minutemen turned back the British—VICTORY FOR PATRIOTS!!

17. Where did the first battles of the Revolution take place?
Section 3
Where did the first battles of the Revolution take place?
A. Boston and New York
B. Washington and Philadelphia
C. Suffolk and Charlestown
D. Lexington and Concord A B C D

18. Activity: Story Mapping
Re-read your notes and pages The British on the Move and Lexington and Concord to complete a Story Mapping of the Events of the Battles of Lexington and Concord

19. Marching Back to Boston
Militiamen hid behind trees and stone fences
The militia fired at British as they marched
British go to Boston = 174 were injured and 73 were dead
Battle for Independence had begun
British take control of Boston

20. Building Forces
Committees of Correspondence sent out calls for volunteers (helpers) to join the militias
The colonial militia was about 20,000 strong
British and Colonists: waited for who would make the next move?

21. The Next Move June 1775 about 1,200 Patriots under William Prescott
Set up fortifications at Bunker Hill across the harbor from Boston
The British decided to take the hill
Colonel Prescott said “Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes”

22. Battle of Bunker Hill
William Howe (British General) with 2,200 redcoats soldiers
Formed assault lines
Guns ready, drums beat, marched up the hill
15 paces away the Patriots began firing

23. More of the Battle of Bunker Hill
Twice the British rushed the hill
Twice they were turned back
American gunpowder ran out
British took the hill
*Although the British won, the Patriots viewed this as a victory
Over 1,000 redcoats were killed or wounded = 400 Patriots died.
Patriots could beat the world’s most powerful army!!
British learned that defeating the Americans would not be quick or easy

24. Which of the following shows the correct chronology?
Section 3
Which of the following shows the correct chronology?
A. Bunker Hill, Lexington, Ft. Ticonderoga
B. Concord, Yorktown, Lexington
C. Yorktown, Lexington, Concord
D. Lexington, Concord, Bunker Hill A B C D

25. Choosing Sides Americans had to make a choice
Join the rebels or remain loyal to Great Britain
Those that stayed with the British were called Loyalists
Those that sided with the Minutemen were called Patriots
This war was not just between the British and the Americans, but a civil war between the colonists
Patriots against Loyalists

26. Essential Question
What brought about the clash between American colonists and British soldiers at Lexington and Concord?
-Americans were arming themselves and expected an armed confrontation with British troops.
-The British gave the Americans an excuse to confront them when British soldiers were ordered to march to Concord and seize artillery and weapons.
What brought about the clash between American colonists and British soldiers at Lexington and Concord?

27. Activity: Independent Practice
Divide the class into two groups half the class will pretend they are British soldiers and the other half will pretend they are Patriot Soldiers and they will write a letter home describing the after mass of the Battle of Lexington and Concord

28. Review Questions for Quiz
What was the purpose of the Continental Congress?
Why did the British troops march to Concord?
What fighting methods did the colonists use against the British troops marching back to Boston from Concord?
What did the British learn from the Battle of Bunker Hill?
What do the words minuteman, Loyalist, and Patriot have in common?

29. Chapter 5 Section 3 Quiz

30. Who said that "blows must decide" who would rule America?
George III
Edward III
Philip III
James III

31. Who had orders to take away the weapons of the Massachusetts militia?
George Washington
William Dawes
Thomas Gage
Paul Revere

32. Who, along with Paul Revere, warned John Hancock and Samuel Adams that the British were coming?
John Adams
Thomas Gage
George Washington
William Dawes

33. The Green Mountain Boys, who captured the British-held Fort Ticonderoga, were led by
Paul Revere.
Ethan Allen.
George Washington.
Ralph Waldo Emerson.

34. The British learned that defeating the Americans would not be easy after the British won the
Battle of Bunker Hill.
Battle of Boston.
Battle of Concord.
Battle of Lexington.

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