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2. Chapter 6 Section 3 Road to Lexington & Concord P. 19/ P. 154 • Sequencing Events As you read this section, answer the questions about events shown in the time line below. 1774 • What was the Intolerable Acts? • Series of harsh laws by Parliament- • Closing Boston harbor ‘til colonists paid for destroyed tea • Banned Committees of Correspondence 1774 British pass the Intolerable Acts • 2. What two decisions did the Continental Congress make? • Banned trade with Britain until repeal of Intolerable Acts • Train troops in each colony First Continental Congress meets.

4. 1774 3. Who were the Minutemen? Colonial troops prepared to fight at a minute’s notice Training of Minutemen begins. • 4. Why were the British marching toward Lexington and Concord? 1775 Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Samuel Prescott ride to warn colonists that British troops are headed toward Lexington and Concord. • What is the significance of these battles? British soldiers and Minutemen fight at Lexington & Concord 1776

6. 1774 3. Who were the Minutemen? Colonial troops prepared to fight at a minute’s notice Training of Minutemen begins. • 4. Why were the British marching toward Lexington and Concord? • To capture Samuel Adams & John Hancock • Destroy American supplies 1775 Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Samuel Prescott ride to warn colonists that British troops are headed toward Lexington and Concord. • What is the significance of these battles? British soldiers and Minutemen fight at Lexington & Concord 1776

28. Paul Revere & William Dawes routes on April 18, 1775 Old North Church, Boston 1 if by land, 2 if by sea

32. 1774 3. Who were the Minutemen? Colonial troops prepared to fight at a minute’s notice Training of Minutemen begins. • 4. Why were the British marching toward Lexington and Concord? • To capture Samuel Adams & John Hancock • Destroy American supplies 1775 Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Samuel Prescott ride to warn colonists that British troops are headed toward Lexington and Concord. • What is the significance of these battles? • Start of the American Revolution British soldiers and Minutemen fight at Lexington & Concord 1776

33. “Shot heard ‘round the World”

34. Lexington Concord Battle Road Minute Man National Park http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SERn6ADLPTE&feature=related

35. B. Analyzing Points of View Briefly explain the sides that Patriot and Loyalists took during the Revolutionary War. Patriots- sided with American rebels Loyalists- supported the British