The Road to Lexington and Concord

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The Road to Lexington and Concord
Attacks on Rights and Liberties page 170
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1. What did the British call the Intolerable
Acts?

• The Coercive Acts

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2. As part of the Intolerable Acts, where do you
think British officials and officers accused of
crimes in the colonies would have their trials?

• They would be tried in England, not by the
  colonists

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3. As part of the Intolerable Acts, where could
British officers house troops (Quartering Acts)?

• In private dwellings (the colonists homes)

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4. Who did Parliament appoint as Governor of
Massachusetts?

• General Thomas Gage, the leader of the Redcoats!

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5. What did the Committees of Correspondence of
Boston call for?

• A meeting of colonial delegates to discuss what
  to do next

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6. When did the First Continental Congress meet?

• September, 1774

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7. Where did the First Continental Congress meet?

• Philadelphia, Carpenters Hall

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8. Which colony did not join the First
Continental Congress?

• Georgia, although it agreed to be a part of any
  actions

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9. What two things did members of the First
Continental Congress call on colonists to do?

• Ban all trade with Great Britain (boycott)
• Begin training troops (militia)

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10. Patrick Henry delivered his most famous
speech to the House of Burgesses in Virginia.
What did he say?

• Give me liberty or give me death!

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A British cartoon poking fun at ladies from South
Carolina who are arranging a boycott of British
Tea

• Notice how they have got even with the Americans
  over that whole dog peeing on the Prime
  Minister affair in the Stamp Act Funeral
  cartoon. Cant we all just get along??????

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