Historical Bulletins

Cycle #3

The REAL 1st Continental CongressPhiladelphia 1774

1. There will be outright opposition and resistance to the Intolerable Acts. - YES

2. “The Association” is formed whereby we refuse to import, export, or consume trade of any kind with Great Britain, Ireland, and the West Indies. - YES

3. The Galloway Plan of Union is hereby adopted. - NO

4. Parliament has neither the authority to tax the colonies nor to legislate for them. - NO

5. Parliament has no legislative or tax authority over the colonies but still has the right to regulate colonial trade as a just compensation for the British navy’s protection of colonial shipping. - NO

Lord North’s Compromise - 1775

Lord North

British Prime Minister

RISE – ALL JUDGES AND

LAWYERS

LOSE 3 POINTS

Acts of Parliament - 1775

New England is PROHIBITED from

fishing off Newfoundland

New England may ONLY trade with England and the British West Indies

No Arms or Ammunition may be imported into ANY of the colonies

Militias are

forming!

RISE – BANKERS, MERCHANTS, NEW ENGLANDERS LOSE 5 POINTS

RISE – MINUET & MARLBOROUGH

LOSE 3 POINTS

Battles of Lexington and Concord April 19, 1775

British Casualties 73 Killed 174 Wounded 26 Missing

American Casualties 49 Killed 39 Wounded

Paul Revere’s Ride Lexington Green

“The Shot Heard ‘Round the World”

Concord – Old North Bridge

Battles of Lexington and Concord April 19, 1775

British Casualties 73 Killed 174 Wounded 26 Missing

American Casualties 49 Killed 39 Wounded

Paul Revere’s Ride Lexington Green

“The Shot Heard ‘Round the World”

Concord – Old North Bridge

RISE – EVERYONE WITH MORE THAN 70 POINTS

LOSE 10 POINTS

RISE – DEVLIN, MACINTOSH, WIGGLESWORTH, WARREN, OTIS

LOSE 3 (MORE) POINTS

ALL LOYALIST LOSE 7 (MORE) POINTS

Battles of Lexington and ConcordApril 19, 1775

Battle of Breed’s (Bunker)

HillJune 17,

1775

Battle of Breed’s Hill (a.k.a. Bunker Hill)

June 17, 1775

British Casualties 1054

Casualties> 40% of their troops!

American Casualties 140 Killed 271 Wounded 30 Captured

Battle of Breed’s Hill (a.k.a. Bunker Hill)

June 17, 1775

RISE – ALL WITH SCORES ABOVE 60

LOSE 10 POINTS

RISE – DEVLIN, MACINTOSH, WIGGLESWORTH, WARREN, OTIS

LOSE 5 POINTS

ALL LOYALISTS LOSE 7 POINTS

2nd Continental Congress

Pennsylvania State House Philadelphia, PA

What are the colonies going to do about???

Lord North’s Compromise – 1775

Acts of Parliament – 1775

Battles of Lexington and Concord – April 19, 1775

Battle of Breed’s Hill – June 17, 1775

Common Sense – January 1776

Thomas Paine

A monarchy (king)makes no “sense”!

RISE – ALL WITH SCORES OVER

50 POINTSLOSE 10 POINTS ALL LOYALIST LOSE 10 POINTS