Events Leading to the American Revolution

What was the First Continental Congress?

• September 1774, delegates from twelve colonies sent representatives to Philadelphia to discuss a response to the Intolerable Acts

• series of laws passed in 1774 to punish Boston for the Tea Party.

• working together for a common purpose

• important

Great Britain passed series of laws passed in 1774 to punish Boston for the Tea Party. This was called:

• Declaration of Rights

• Intolerable Acts

• First Continental Congress

• Battle of Bunker Hill

The colonists planned protests and worked together for a common purpose to resist the British.

What is a better word to replace the underlined phrase?

• significant

• coordinated

• militia

• Loyalists

The most important result of the Intolerable Acts was the meeting of the First Continental Congress.

A synonym, or word that means the same, for the underlined word is:

• significant

• coordinated

• militia

Boston Tea Party was:

• incident in 1770 in which British troops fired on and killed American colonists

• working together for a common purpose

• A 1773 protest against British taxes in which Boston colonists disguised as Mohawks dumped valuable tea into Boston Harbor.

• a document written by the First Continental Congress that stated the main concerns and wishes of the colonies

Thomas Gage:

• Was the commander of all British troops in America during the early years of the war

• rode through the countryside warning local militias of the approach of the British troops prior to the Battles of Lexington and Concord.

• Colonista who wanted independence from Britain

Paul Revere and William Dawes

• Were the commanders of all British troops in America during the early years of the war.

• Colonists who supported the British

• Rode through the countryside warning local militias of the approach of the British troops prior to the Battles of Lexington and Concord.

Colonists who wanted independence from Britain are called:

• Patriots

• Loyalists

• volunteer army

• Boston Massacre

The incident in 1770 in which British troops fired on and killed American colonists:

• First Continental Congress

• Intolerable Acts

• Boston Tea Party

• Boston Massacre

A document written by the First Continental Congress that stated the main concerns and wishes of the colonies:

• Shot heard round the world

• Declaration of Rights

• Boston Massacre