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A MEETING IN PHILADELPHIA
1774
SEPTEMBER 1774
• 55 delegates
• Philadelphia
• Goal = to set up a political body that would represent americans & challenge the british control
• This body is called Continental congress
ASSIGNMENT
• Read pages 120-121
• Create a bubble map for the 1st continental congress
• Center bubble = 1st continental congress
• Information that most be shown on your bubble map:
• when they met
• where they met
• who sent delegates
• who do they send (what was the person’s importance)
• decisions made by the congress
CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
• Leaders from 12/13 colonies attended.
• Georgia does not send a representative.
WHO IS SENT?
• Massachusetts = Samuel Adams (fiery) & John Adams (lawyer) – cousins
• New York = John Jay (lawyer)
• Virginia = George Washington , Richard Henry Lee, Patrick Henry (Lee & Henry very outspoken defenders of colonial rights)
• Patrick Henry wants colonies to form a strong resistance against Britain. 2nd day = “The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and New Englanders are no more. I am not a Virginian, but an American.”
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TOPICS
• Complaints against the British
• Called for the repeal of 13 acts of Parliament
• Believed laws violated the “laws of nature, the principles of the English constitution, and several charters.” of the colonies.
• Voted to boycott British trade
• Endorse Suffolk Resolves (Boston)– declare Coercive Acts to be illegal; called for country’s residents to arm themselves against the British.
• Colonies organized militias
LAWS OF CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
• They are not permanent
• They change as legislators respond to the concerns of the electorate
• Why did the delegates call for the repeal of certain laws?
A MASSACHUSETTS COMMUNITY PREPARES
• Look at the chart on page 121
• About how many soldiers does Salem appear prepared to equip?
• Wjat does this list suggest about this community’s expectations about relations with the british?
• What might the colonists who saw this list have thought?
MILITIAS, MINUTEMEN
INTERACTIVE MILITIA, MINUTEMEN & CONTINENTAL ARMY
MILITIAS• Groups of citizen soldiers
• Important part of each town’s defense
• Trained & had drills with other citizen soldiers
• Practiced with muskets and cannons
• Each member provides own weapon (musket) & ammunition
• Towns begin to gather & store military supplies
MINUTEMEN
• Militias that boasted they would be ready to fight at a minute’s notice
A MASSACHUSETTS COMMUNITY PREPARES (121)
• About how many soldiers does Salem appear prepared to equip?
• What does the list suggest about this community’s expectations about relations with the British?
FIGHTING BEGINS: GREAT BRITAIN SENDS TROOPS
• King George told Parliament that the New England colonies were “in a state of rebellion” & that blows must decide” who would control America
• By April 1775, several thousand British troops are in and around Boston.
• Thomas Gage (British general) has orders to seize weapons from Massachusetts militia and arrest the leaders
• Gage learns that the militia stores arms and ammunition in Concord (20 milies NW of Boston) He orders 700 troops (Lieutenant Colonel Francis Smith
• “to Concord, where you will seize and destroy all the artillery and ammunition you can find.”
BRITISH ON THE MOVE
• April 18, 1775
• Dr. Joseph Warren walks through Boston
• Sees troops marching out of the city
• Warren alerts Paul Revere & William Dawes – members of Sons of Liberty
• Revere & Dawes ride to Lexington (east of Concord) declaring ______________
• Revere gallops through countryside shouting his warning
• Samuel Adams is ready to fight” What a glorious morning this is!”
• British patrol captures Dawes & Revere
• Samuel Prescott carries the warning to concord
REVIEW
• What was the purpose of the Continental Congress?
• Which colony was not represented at the Continental Congress?
• Who were some of the important delegates?
• Why did the delegates call for the repeal of certain laws?
• What other actions did the delegates take?
• How did the New England colonists prepare to fight?
• What did the British do to prepare?
• Where did Dr. Warren see British troops on the march?
• Where were the colonial weapons stored?
• Where did Paul Revere and William Dawes ride in order to warn the colonists?
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