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What the colonies wanted! (a compromise)  Remove British Acts  Allow for a Colonial army (militia).  10 resolutions to the king. Including the right to “life, liberty, and property.” Colonies didn’t mind being ruled by England.

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First Continental Congress

1774

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First Continental Congress

56 colonial delegates• Samuel Adams:

organized BTP• John Adams: defended

the soldiers in BM Respond to the crisis

in Boston

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What the colonies wanted! (a compromise)

Remove British Acts Allow for a Colonial

army (militia). 10 resolutions to the

king.• Including the right to

“life, liberty, and property.”

Colonies didn’t mind being ruled by England.

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FCC’s Compromise?

King George III did not agree!

Therefore…Colonists should

continue to boycott British goods.

Colonial militia should be ready to fight.

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The “Shot Heard Around the World.”

Minutemen: colonial militia ready to fight at a minutes notice.

British General decided to take away the minutemen’s weapons and ammunition.

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April 1775

Weapons/ammunitions were stored in Concord.

Sons of Liberty sent 3 riders including Paul Revere to warn them.

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Lexington and Concord: April 1775

70 minutemen Large force of British

Soldiers Both commanders had

orders not to fire 8 dead colonists

British marched on to Concord

Found few weapons Burned buildings As the British returned

to Boston additional militia opened fire

250 Dead Redcoats 100 Dead Colonists


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