Split History of the Battles of Lexington and Concord
TABLE OF CONTENTS COVER PATRIOT S PERSPECTIVE CHAPTER 1 SOUNDING THE ALARM CHAPTER 2 GETTING ORGANIZED CHAPTER 3 THE BATTLE OF LEXINGTON CHAPTER 4 THE BATTLE OF CONCORD CHAPTER 5 BATTLING BACK TO BOSTON INDEX BRITISH PERSPECTIVE CHAPTER 1 EXERTING CONTROL CHAPTER 2 THREATS TO PEACE CHAPTER 3 VICTORY IN LEXINGTON CHAPTER 4 SHOCKING RESISTANCE IN CONCORD CHAPTER 5 THE RACE TO RETURN TO BOSTON INDEX ABOUT THE AUTHOR SOURCE NOTES GLOSSARY INTERNET SITES TIMELINE SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY FURTHER READING CRITICAL THINKING QUESTIONS COPYRIGHT BACK COVER
CHAPTER 1 SOUNDING THE ALARM On the evening of April 18 1775 colonists in Boston watched as British troops boarded boats just before midnight They were crossing the Charles River to nearby Cambridge Near the top of Boston's Old North Church two lanterns appeared The lanterns signaled Paul Revere a member of the Sons of Liberty to spread the word that the British were on the move Quickly Revere rode through the countryside and
alerted others As he spread the news other men he encountered jumped on horses and helped get the message to as many colonists as possible The patriots expected that the British were going to raid colonial stores of weapons and supplies several miles up the road in Concord They also believed colonial leaders Samuel Adams and John Hancock might be arrested Revere knew he had to warn Adams and Hancock who were staying in Lexington as well as the folks in Concord But with British
patrols guarding the routes out of Boston and the road to Concord Revere knew he wasn't guaranteed to reach either of his destinations Two lanterns in the Old North Church signaled Paul Revere that the British were moving out by sea THE SONS OF LIBERTY The Sons of Liberty was a secret society of American patriots who rallied against British rule whenever they could They organized resistance efforts against taxes they felt were unfair The first Sons of Liberty groups formed in Boston and New York around 1765 to protest the taxes levied through the Stamp Act Their rallying cry was No taxation without representation meaning that the colonists shouldn't be taxed if they weren't allowed to choose who represented them in Britain's Parliament
