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Section 2-25 Who said, “give me liberty or give me death”? What does the quote mean?
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Defying the British
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British used customs ships to stop smuggling One of these, the Gaspee, ran aground 150 colonists seized the ship and burned it Result: Committee of Correspondence –It helped colonies unify by communicate about British activities The Gaspee Affair
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To help British East India Company: –Britain Passed Tea Act making it cheaper to buy British Tea Colonial merchants feel they will be pushed out of trade opportunities Committees of Correspondence alert colonies of Tea arrivals- Boston Tea Party Boston Tea Party
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Boston Tea Party led to Coercive Acts Designed to force colonists to behave even if violate English rights –Closed Boston’s port until tea paid for –Ended election of officials and banned town meetings –Quebec Act- King appointed its leaders Known as “Intolerable Acts” Coercive Acts
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First Continental Congress Many want to adopt Albany Plan of Union Instead, write Declaration of Rights and Grievances –Express loyalty to King, but complain about Coercive Acts Most important- Set a date for a second meeting- May 1775
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Lexington and Concord April 18, 1775- British moves to take supplies at Concord Paul Revere’s famous ride British encounter 70 Minutemen at Lexington
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Lexington and Concord As minutemen are surrendering, a shot is fired British return fire, killing 8 and wounding 10 Americans British then march to Concord and destroy stockpiled weapons Lexington and Concord
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Lexington and Concord 4,000 Patriots gather along the road returning to Boston Patriots shoot at British from behind trees, stone walls, ect. 70 British soldiers killed and 170 wounded First American Victory Lexington and Concord
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Understanding Military Maps Take out a blank sheet of paper. Write “Battle of Bunker Hill, Gen. Gage versus Captain Prescott” as your title. Beneath it write the following: Second Continental Congress creates Continental Army headed by Gen. George Washington.
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