American History LG 63-64 Ch.5,S.3: A Call to Arms - 5B

Where and when did the First Continental Congress meet?

• Philadelphia, September 1774

• Boston, May 1775

• Baltimore, July 1776

• Charles Town, December 1777

What was the First Continental Congress and why did it meet?

• An informal group of British Members of Parliament who discussed how to challenge the king’s control

• A meeting of colonial militia to train to defeat the British army

• A meeting of 55 delegates from all colonies except Georgia to establish a political body to represent American interests and challenge British control

• A meeting of royal advisors to convince the Americans to obey the king

Who were the Massachusetts delegates to the Continental Congress? (Select TWO options!)

• George Washington

• Patrick Henry

• Richard Henry Lee

• Samuel Adams

• John Adams

Who were the Virginia delegates to the Continental Congress? (Select THREE options!)

• George Washington

• Patrick Henry

• Richard Henry Lee

• Samuel Adams

• John Adams

What did the Continental Congress’ list of grievances include?

• To make the colonies an independent country

• To lower the amount of the money from the taxes

• To only tax them once a year

• To repeal of the 13 acts of Parliament passed since 1763

The Continental Congress also supported the Suffolk Resolves. What did the Suffolk Resolves call on the colonists to do?

• To be free and independent from Britain

• To pay for the tea from the Boston Tea Party

• To end the boycotts and begin paying the British taxes

• To arm themselves against the British

King George declared that the New England Colonies were in rebellion against Britain, so he and Parliament sent General Gage and thousands of British soldiers to Boston, what did Gage have instructions to do?

• Make a peace treaty with the Sons of Liberty and to choose colonial advisors

• Destroy Boston and to turn its people into slaves

• Take away the weapons of the Massachusetts militia and arrest the leaders

• Remove all the colonists from Boston and to take them back to Britain

What did Gage learn about the militia?

• It was storing arms and ammunition in Concord, a town 20 miles from Boston

• It was preparing for an attack on the British soldiers in Boston

• It would to surrender its arms and ammunition to the British if they didn’t have to pay the tea tax

• It was leaving Massachusetts to join with the Connecticut militia

What did Gage order 700 troops under Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Smith to do in April, 1775?

• To destroy the towns of Lexington and Concord

• To set up a new headquarters for the British army

• To rescue a group of Loyalists from a gang of Patriots who were holding them hostage

• To march to Concord and seize and destroy all the artillery and ammunition they found

What did Paul Revere and William Dawes do when on the night of April 18, 1775?

• They rode to Lexington to warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock that the British were coming and across the countryside to warn the colonists

• They led a group of militia to attack the British troops but they were quickly defeated

• They betrayed the other colonists by giving up the locations of Samuel Adams and John Hancock to the British

• They rode around Massachusetts telling the colonists to surrender to the British because it wasn’t worth dying over