(3.4 GRA) Chapter 3, Lesson 4 A Call to Arms

CONTINENTAL CONGRESS Decisions?

-call for the repeal of 13 acts of Parliament -voted to boycott British trade -voted to endorse Suffolk Resolves -formed militias

Write the following list of events in the order in which they happened. A. Militia and British troops fight at Concord's North Bridge. B. Colonists hide behind trees along the road to Boston. C. Messengers shout, "The British are coming!" D. Joseph Warren sees troops leave Boston. E. The British face Captain John Parker and 70 minutemen at Lexington. F. Warren alerts Revere and Dawes.

D. Joseph Warren sees troops leave Boston. F. Warren alerts Revere and Dawes. C. Messengers shout, "The British are coming!" E. The British face Captain John Parker and 70 minutemen at Lexington. A. Militia and British troops fight at Concord's North Bridge. B. Colonists hide behind trees along the road to Boston.

TRUE or FALSE: Benedict Arnold was the British commander at fort Ticonderoga.

FALSE Correct Term: Benedict Arnold was a captain in the Connecticut militia and raised a force of 400 to capture Fort Ticonderoga.

TRUE or FALSE: The militia attacked the British troops on Bunker Hill.

FALSE Correct Term: The British attacked the American troops on Bunker Hill.

TRUE or FALSE: The British set up posts on Bunker Hill and Breed's Hill.

FALSE Correct Term: The Americas fortified Bunker Hill and Breed's Hill.

TRUE or FALSE: Almost all colonies wanted independence from Britain.

FALSE: Correct Term: Patriots wanted independence while Loyalists did not.

CONTINENTAL CONGRESS Delegates?

Massachusetts -Sam Adams -John Adams New York -John Jay Virginia -George Washington -Richard Henry Lee -Patrick Henry

Who were Paul Revere and William Dawes?

Members of the Sons of Liberty. Paul Revere warned others of British soldiers, and was captured in battle, while Dawes escaped.

CONTINENTAL CONGRESS Where?

Philadelphia

CONTINENTAL CONGRESS when?

September 1774

TRUE or FALSE: Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen attacked the British at Fort Ticonderoga.

TRUE

TRUE or FALSE: Benedict Arnold sold military information to the British.

TRUE

TRUE or FALSE: In 1775, the British army was in control of Boston.

TRUE

TRUE or FALSE: The British won the Battle of Bunker Hill.

TRUE

Why were some militia members known as minutemen?

They could get armed and ready to fight in a minute.

How did the colonists respond to a call to arm themselves against the British?

They started forming militias. They would train and provided weapons for it.

Why did General Gage send troops to Concord?

To confiscate weapons and ammunition from the militia's "stash."