colonies unite and sparks fly

Colonies Unite and Sparks Fly

1st Continental Congress• Delegates from all colonies except

Georgia, meet in Philly• Continental Congress wants to represent

colonial interests, negotiate with England• Important peeps there: John and Sam

Adams (Mass), Patrick Henry and G. Washington (VA)

• Mass and VA are the most powerful colonies

• CC writes up list of complaints to England and wants acts repealed

• Vote to boycott all British goods and trade

• Agree to have all colonies form militias

British Stuff

A Spark Ignites• New England colonies

train for war, minutemen- ready to fight in min.

• British General Thomas Gage wants to take guns from militia in Concord, Mass

• 700 redcoats march out at midnight, Paul Revere and Sons of Liberty– 1 if by land, 2 if by sea, lanterns in Old North Church

• Minutemen waiting in Lexington led by Captain John Parker

• Face off against each other, shot fired, no one knows who, British defeat minutemen

• Redcoats march to Concord, find no guns

• Entire way back to Boston, minutemen attack from woods, barns

Choosing Sides

• Patriots- colonists wanting to break away from Britain

• Loyalists- colonists wanting to stay loyal to the king and Britain