1. Ch 6 Sec 3 I. Intolerable Acts
The King wanted to punish the colonists for the Tea Party
1. He passed the Coercive Acts
aka the Intolerable Acts
a. Closed the Port of Boston-
until the tea was paid for
b. Demanded that the soldiers
be housed
c. Trials will be held in Britain

2. I. Intolerable Acts
B. Colonists were mad 1. Many colonists sent help to Mass. 2. Meeting was called to discuss what to do next.

3. II. 1st Continental Congress
First Continental congress meets
1. September 1774
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2. All colonies were represented except
Georgia
a. They voted to ban trade until Intolerable
acts were repealed.
b. Called for each colony to begin training
troops

4. II. 1st Continental Congress
This is important because it marks the first time that the possibility to separate was real.

5. III. The Midnight Ride Spies worked on both sides
Loyalists- colonists who stayed true to Britain
Patriot- colonist who called for separation

6. III. The Midnight Ride
B. Colonists were storing arms and ammo in Concord. Mass

7. III. The Midnight Ride
C. British General Gage found out 1. Gage ordered that Adams and Hancock be arrested and supplies be taken 2. The Sons of Liberty were ready a. Paul Revere and William Dawes spread the word that the British were coming

8. VI. Lexington and Concord
April 19, Lexington
1. British met up with Colonist militia. British ordered them to drop their weapons. They didn’t.
2. Battle occurred. 8 American’s died.

9. VI. Lexington and Concord
3. British marched on to Concord and destroyed the stockpile. 4. While the British were on their way out of town, 4,000 minutemen shot at the British troops. “Shot Heard Around the World”