The First Continental
Congress
September-October 1774
Following the Intolerable Acts
the colonists felt it would be best
to discuss the problems they were
having with Britain.
55 delegates from all of the
colonies except Georgia met at
Carpenters hall in Philadelphia to
discuss their problems with
Britain. They requested to King
George III to repeal the Intolerable
Acts.
They agreed to meet again if the
King didn’t repeal the Intolerable
Acts.
Lexington and Concord
1775
The colonists were stockpiling weapons in Concord, Massachusetts.
The British soldiers stationed in Boston, found out about the weapons
and were going to seize them.
Paul Revere rode ahead of the advancing British soldiers warning the
colonists.
Several colonial minutemen met the advancing British at Lexington.
No one knows for certain who fired the first shot, but it became known
as “ The shot heard ‘round the world.”
The British advanced to Concord and found most of the stockpile had
already been taken by the colonial militia. The Colonists hit the British
hard again, as they marched back to Boston. This battle was the start of
the Revolutionary War.