MWH Name:________________________
Mr. Branick Date:_________________________
The Road to Revolution First Continental Congress
What brought the colonists to the brink of war with Great Britain?
Fighting Begins
_______________________ and ______________________ ____________________
Diary Account on the beginning of the march to Lexington
Lt. John Barker, British Soldier, 4th Regiment
[April] 19th…about 5 miles on this side of a Town called Lexington which lay in our road, we heard there were some hundreds of People collected together intending to oppose us and stop our going on: at 5 o’clock we arrived there and saw a number of People, I believe 2 and 300, formed on a Common in the middle of the Town; we still continued advancing, keeping prepared against an attack tho’ without intending to attack them, but on our coming near them they fired one or two shots, upon which our Men without any orders rushed in upon them, fired and put ‘em to flight; several of them were killed…
Taking Sides in the Revolution
___________________ Supporters - Planters
- Laborers
- “____________________” - ________%
________________ Supporters
- ___________ Office Holders - Lawyers with ___________ clients - Ministers
- Native Americans - Slaves
Relative Strengths A. British Strengths
1. __________ 2. __________ 3. Leadership
4. ______________________ & Money 5. ______________________ organization 6. Population
B. Strategy
1. ______________ rebellion
Miscellaneous War Effort 1. Length of War 2. _____________ 3. ___________
4. Government ____________ 5. Weapons
Northern Campaigns
Who is in charge of the troops? How do things go for him? Battle of Trenton
A. Washington desperately needed a ____________ Battle of Saratoga
A. ___________ _________ in War
B. Leads to __________ ______________ (1778) Southern Campaigns
How did the British fighting tactics differ from the fighting tactics of the colonists?
Cornwallis surrenders after the battle at _________________ Peace of _________(1783)
Global Impact
• The American Revolution and the __________ set forth in the Declaration of Independence had reverberations in __________, Haiti, and _________ _____________, inspiring future rebellions.
C. Colonial Strengths
1. A ______________ war 2. No “________ center”
3. ______________ righteousness 4. ______________ isolation 5. Countryside
6. Geography
7. _______________ ______________ possible
D. Strategy
MWH Name:________________________
Mr. Branick Date:_________________________
The Road to Revolution First Continental Congress
What brought the colonists to the brink of war with Great Britain?
Fighting Begins
_______________________ and ______________________ ____________________
Official Statement of John Robbins
Lexington Militia, April 24, 1775, on Lexington Green
I, John Robbins, being of lawful age, do testify and say, that on the nineteenth instant, the Company under the command of Captain John Parker being drawn up (sometime before sunrise) on the green or
common, and I being in the front rank, there suddenly appeared a number of the King’s Troops, about a thousand, as I thought, at the distance of about sixty or seventy yards from us, huzzaing and on a quick pace toward us, with three officers in their front on horseback, and on full gallop towards us; the foremost of which cried, ‘Throw down your arms, ye villains, ye rebels;’ upon which said Company dispersing, the foremost of the three officers ordered their men, saying ‘Fire, by God, fire;’ at which moment we received a very heavy and close fire from them; at which instant, being wounded, I fell, and several of our men were shot dead by one volley. Captain Parker’s men, I believe, had not then fired a gun.
Taking Sides in the Revolution
___________________ Supporters - Planters
- Laborers
- “____________________” - ________%
________________ Supporters
As Americans fought they also forged a new national ________________, as the former colonies became the new _______________ ________________.
Relative Strengths C. British Strengths
7. __________ 8. __________ 9. Leadership
10. ______________________ & Money 11. ______________________ organization 12. Population
D. Strategy
2. ______________ rebellion
Miscellaneous War Effort 6. Length of War 7. _____________ 8. ___________
9. Government ____________ 10. Weapons
Northern Campaigns
Who is in charge of the troops? How do things go for him? Battle of Trenton
B. Washington desperately needed a ____________ Battle of Saratoga
C. ___________ _________ in War
D. Leads to __________ ______________ (1778) Southern Campaigns
How did the British fighting tactics differ from the fighting tactics of the colonists?
Cornwallis surrenders after the battle at _________________ Peace of _________(1783)
Global Impact
• The American Revolution and the __________ set forth in the Declaration of Independence had reverberations in __________, Haiti, and _________ _____________, inspiring future rebellions.
E. Colonial Strengths
8. A ______________ war 9. No “________ center”
10. ______________ righteousness 11. ______________ isolation 12. Countryside
13. Geography
14. _______________ ______________ possible
F. Strategy
Diary Account on the beginning of the march to Lexington
Lt. John Barker, British Soldier, 4th Regiment
[April] 19th…about 5 miles on this side of a Town called Lexington which lay in our road, we heard there were some hundreds of People collected together intending to oppose us and stop our going on: at 5 o’clock we arrived there and saw a number of People, I believe 2 and 300, formed on a Common in the middle of the Town; we still continued advancing, keeping prepared against an attack tho’ without intending to attack them, but on our coming near them they fired one or two shots, upon which our Men without any orders rushed in upon them, fired and put ‘em to flight; several of them were killed…
Official Statement of John Robbins
Lexington Militia, April 24, 1775, on Lexington Green
