1. Chapter 7, Lesson 4
ACOS #5b: Identify reasons for the French and Indian War.
ACOS #5c: Describe the impact of the French and Indian War on the settlement of the colonies.
ACOS #7: Identify events leading to the American Revolution, including the French and Indian War, the Stamp Act, the Intolerable Acts, the Boston Massacre, and the Boston Tea Party.
ACOS #8: Identify major events of the American Revolution, including the Battles of Lexington and Concord, Bunker Hill, and Yorktown.

2. Colonists felt the Intolerable Acts were too harsh
Moving Toward War 1775
Colonists felt the Intolerable Acts were too harsh
More than 3000 British soldiers were in Boston
The British navy blocked Boston’s harbor
Colonists prepared for war

3. Paul Revere’s Ride British were worried about the militias
General Gage decided to send British soldiers to destroy the colonists supply of gunpowder and cannons.
Lanterns were hung in the Old North Church in Boston to warn the colonists that the British were coming.
Paul Revere, William Dawes, Samuel Prescott, and other riders rode through the night to warn the minutemen that the British soldiers were coming.

4. The First Battles Begin

8. The Battle of Bunker Hill was really fought on Breed’s Hill.

9. A Colonial Army
Colonial delegates met again, calling the meeting the ‘Second Continental Congress’.
Congress created an army with trained members called the ‘Continental Army’.
The leader of the Continental Army was former British officer, General George Washington.

10. The Olive Branch Petition
Congress did not want a war with Britain.
They tried for peace one more time by sending a written request which was called the ‘Olive Branch Petition’.
King George did not read the request for peace, he sent more soldiers to the colonies.
General Washington spent the next 9 months getting the troops ready for war.
The British soldiers were forced out of Boston, but the war was just beginning.

11. Vocabulary A colonist who opposed British rule
Patriot
A group of ordinary people who train for battle
militia
minutemen
Members of the American militia who were prepared to fight at a minutes notice
The officer in charge of an army
commander
A written request signed by many people
petition

12. Vocabulary Review massacre The killing of many people
A written communication
correspondence
To give food and shelter
quarter
One person chosen to speak or act for others
delegate
An event or action that makes something happen
cause
Another event or action that is the result of the cause
effect

13. Vocabulary Review tax smuggling liberty protest boycott repeal
Money people pay their government in return for services
tax
To import goods illegally
smuggling
Freedom from being controlled by a gov’t.
liberty
An event about which people complain about an issue
protest
To refuse to buy, sell, or use goods as a way of protesting
boycott
To cancel a law
repeal

14. Vocabulary Review
a person or group that joins with another to work toward a goal
ally
congress
A group of representatives who meet to discuss a subject
A fight against a government
rebellion
proclamation
an official public announcement