Name: _____________________________ Date: _________________ Period: ____

Warmup
Based on what you know about the Boston Massacre, Taxation Without Representation, the
Intolerable Acts, and the British Army, would you vote for or against the War? Defend your
answer in at least two full sentences.

Exit Ticket

Using your knowledge of British/Colonial perspectives, you will decide whether they you rather
be a British redcoat or a Colonial minuteman/woman. Write a letter home to your family either
in Boston or England on the back of this paper.

If you choose to be a colonist, you must include the following opinions in their letter
- Whether you would like peace or war with the British
- How you feel after the American victory at Lexington/Concord

If you choose to be a British soldier, you must include the following opinions in their letter
- How you feel about the war
- How you feel about the loss at Lexington/Concord
Name: _____________________________ Date: _________________ Period: ____

Activity

What is this document? What is
it about?
Who is involved in this What point of view is this
written/drawn in? Do you think
document? Who
a British or American
wrote/drew it? wrote/drew this?

Group A

Group B
Name: _____________________________ Date: _________________ Period: ____

Group C

Group D

Group E
Name: _____________________________ Date: _________________ Period: ____

Expert Group Quiz

1. T/F “Bostonians in Distress” is a political drawing drawn by a Boston Newspaper

a. True
b. False

2. Which of the following IS a complaint that the First Continental Congress had for the King?
a. There wasn’t enough food to grow
b. The Quartering Act was unfair
c. George Washington wasn’t a good president
d. The Stamp Act was not liked by the colonists

3. Which of the following is NOT a reason the British invaded Lexington and Concord?
a. To take away their weapons
b. To arrest Colonial leaders
c. To scare the Colonists
d. To kill Paul Revere

4. Describe one point of difference between the diaries of John Barker and John Robbins

5. Do you think the artist of the engraving was a British artist or Colonist? How can you tell?
Name: _____________________________ Date: _________________ Period: ____

Guided Notes

The First Continental Congress was the first meeting of _____________ from 12
of the 13 British colonies, all of them except for Georgia.

The First Continental Congress discussed what the colonists should do in response
to the ________________________. They decided to boycott British goods.

Paul Revere heard that British soldiers were coming to take away or destroy
_____________________ so he warned colonists that British regulars were on
their way to Lexington.

The Battles of Lexington and Concord were an _________________ victory.