Thursday 9/30

Who warned the Colonists of the British soldiers coming to Lexington and Concord?

• William Dawes, Paul Revere and Samuel Prescott

• Patrick Henry and Samuel and John Adams

• King George, Thomas Paine and Ben Franklin

• No one, it was a surprise attack

What was supposedly hidden by minutemen in a village outside of Bosotn?

• gunpowder and weapons

• food supplies

• cannons

• naval ships

Where was the Continental Congress held?

• Philadelphia 
• Jamestown
• New York City
• Boston

What did the Continental Congress decide to do with British trade? 

• Buy British goods
• Raise tariffs
• Destroy all British goods
• Boycott all British goods

The _____________ Acts were passed to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party protest.

• Sugar

• Intolerable

• Stamp

• Townshend

Which word means a person in the American colonies who wanted the colonies to become independent from Great Britain?

• loyalist
• patriot
• neutral
• tory

Which word means a person in the American colonies who opposed independence and wanted the colonies to remain under the control of the king and Great Britain?

• Loyalist
• Patriot
• Neutral
• Colonist

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