6.3 The Road to Lexington and Concord

A militia is a force of unarmed civilians pledged to defend their community. 

• True
• False

Minutemen were trained to act "at a minute's warning."

• True
• False

The Intolerable Acts, also known by the British as the Coercive Acts, 

• were a series of laws to punish the Massachusetts colony
• banned committees of correspondence
• allowed Britain to house its troops wherever necessary
• all of the above

The delegates at the First Continental Congress meeting in September of 1774

• agreed to follow all new British demands
• voted to declare independence
• voted to ban all trade with England until the Intolerable Acts were repealed
• came from all 13 colonies

Paul Revere is most famously known for his midnight ride to warn the colonists that the British were coming. However, he was caught before he could complete the mission. 

• True
• False

April 19, 1775 is day that will be remembered for the event that signaled the beginning of the Revolutionary War. What event was it? 

• THe Boston Massacre
• The Battles at Lexington and Concord
• The election of George Washington as president
• The Boston Tea Party

A loyalist supported the cause of liberty from England. 

• True
• False

Samuel Adams, John Adams, Paul Revere and John Hancock all were_______ who supported the rebel cause. 

• Patriots
• Loyalists
• Neutrals
• Republicans