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3 men rode on horseback on an April night in 1775:________________________________________________________
Their message: _____________________________________________________________________________________
Define Patriot: _____________________________________________________________________________________
Define Loyalist: _____________________________________________________________________________________
The Patriots were worried that war with Britain could NOT be avoided. It was scary to think of war. England was a
great power; the colonies were scattered and had little military experience. Still, it made sense to BE PREPARED.
New Englanders began to stockpile ________________________ and ________________________.
They stored these in ______________________, a small town 20 miles north of Boston.
When the British officers heard of this equipment, they decided to confiscate them. ____________________ learned of
the British plan.
Besides the equipment, _____________________ and ________________________ were hiding in ______________
right next to Concord.
Reveres and Dawes were to __________________________________________________________________________.
It would help to know which way the British would march…by ____________ or by _______________.
Revere sent a spy to watch the British and he told him to climb to the top of the bell tower in the _______________
_________________. His instructions were to hang __________ in the tower - _______ if by land, _______ if by sea.
Along the way to Lexington, Prescott joined the mission. Who made it to Concord? _______________________
Define minutemen: _________________________________________________________________________________
On the morning of ____________________, about 70 minutemen gathered at (city) _________________________.
They were met by a much larger British force.
A shot rang out. Ralph Waldo Emerson called this “_______________________________________________________”
Once the soldiers heard the shot, fighting began. The outnumbered colonists suffered ______________ loses.
The British marched to the North Bridge in Concord. What happened at this battle?
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What did Americans do when they saw the British retreating?
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