Lexington Alarm

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/lexington-alarm

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the date of british march?Night of April 18, 1775
2. What is the british military objective?Seize colonial arms in Concord and arrest Patriot leaders
3. Who rode to spread the alarm?Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Samuel Prescott were riders who ran fast to tell towns about the British coming.
4. How did the alarm help the Minutemen?The alarm told the Minutemen to gather, so about 77 of them were ready to fight when the British soldiers arrived.

Sons of Liberty: A secret organization formed to protect the rights of colonists and to fight taxation by the British government.
Colonial Militia: Citizen soldiers organized for local defense in the American colonies.
Grassroots Mobilization: The process of organizing and activating ordinary citizens at the local level for political or social action.