The Revolutionary War Part 1 First Continental Congress

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The Revolutionary War Part 1

The Revolutionary War Part 1

First Continental Congress • September 1774 • delegates from all colonies except GA met

First Continental Congress • September 1774 • delegates from all colonies except GA met in Philadelphia • voted to ban all trade with Britain until they repealed the Intolerable Acts • they called colonies to train troops to fight • delegates agreed to meet again in seven months

Effects of 1 st CC: 1. delegates of the First Continental Congress wanted rights

Effects of 1 st CC: 1. delegates of the First Continental Congress wanted rights for the colonists 2. this meeting planted the seeds of a future independent government

Midnight Ride April 18, 1775 • Gov. Gage learned rebels Samuel Adams and John

Midnight Ride April 18, 1775 • Gov. Gage learned rebels Samuel Adams and John Hancock were in Lexington with arms and ammunition • ordered British soldiers to arrest the rebels and destroy the supplies • Sons of Liberty sent Paul Revere and William Dawes to spread the news that British soldiers coming Effects: • militia men were waiting in Lexington and prepared to fight (although they lost)

Lexington and Concord • April 19, 1775 • in Lexington, militia men refused to

Lexington and Concord • April 19, 1775 • in Lexington, militia men refused to drop their muskets; 8 militiamen died • British marched to Concord where they destroyed the rebels’ military supplies • Lexington and Concord are known as the first official battles of the American Revolutionary War

Effects of Lexington and Concord • Americans had to choose sides • supporters of

Effects of Lexington and Concord • Americans had to choose sides • supporters of the British were called Loyalists • supporters of the colonies were called Patriots or Rebels • “Shot heard ‘round the world” • Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1837

Declaration of Independence • adopted on July 4, 1776 by the Continental Congress •

Declaration of Independence • adopted on July 4, 1776 by the Continental Congress • Purpose: to declare the colonies free and independent states from Britain • the main author was Thomas Jefferson

Declaration of Independence • John Locke’s Enlightenment philosophy was a main idea throughout the

Declaration of Independence • John Locke’s Enlightenment philosophy was a main idea throughout the Declaration of Independence • Based on consent of the governed and natural rights We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men,

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