2. Write down specific words or phrases that begin with each letter about how the colonists were feeling around the time of the First Continental Congress

3. King George III did not listen to the protests of the colonists. More and more colonists wanted independence. These people were called patriots.

4. There were still some colonists that wanted to stay under British rule. They were called loyalists.

5. The First Continental Congress decided that states should organize militias. These militiamen were often called minutemen because they could be ready to fight in a “minute”.

6. These militias needed weapons to fight, so they started secretly collecting and hiding their weapons from the British.

7. British soldiers in Boston learned of weapons being stored by patriots in the town of Concord. They decided to seize them.

8. Paul Revere and others warned the people that the British were on their way to Concord to get the patriots' weapons.

9. Patriots gathered in the town of Lexington to stop the British. A small battle took place, starting the Revolutionary War on April 19, 1775. The British easily beat the militia.

10. More minutemen gathered and stopped the British at Concord giving the victory to the patriots.

11. Listen to and read “The Midnight Ride” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.