First Continental Congress
1774
First Continental Congress
56 colonial delegates• Samuel Adams:
organized BTP• John Adams: defended
the soldiers in BM Respond to the crisis
in Boston
What the colonies wanted! (a compromise)
Remove British Acts Allow for a Colonial
army (militia). 10 resolutions to the
king.• Including the right to
“life, liberty, and property.”
Colonies didn’t mind being ruled by England.
FCC’s Compromise?
King George III did not agree!
Therefore…Colonists should
continue to boycott British goods.
Colonial militia should be ready to fight.
The “Shot Heard Around the World.”
Minutemen: colonial militia ready to fight at a minutes notice.
British General decided to take away the minutemen’s weapons and ammunition.
April 1775
Weapons/ammunitions were stored in Concord.
Sons of Liberty sent 3 riders including Paul Revere to warn them.
Lexington and Concord: April 1775
70 minutemen Large force of British
Soldiers Both commanders had
orders not to fire 8 dead colonists
British marched on to Concord
Found few weapons Burned buildings As the British returned
to Boston additional militia opened fire
250 Dead Redcoats 100 Dead Colonists