The Beginning of the Revolutionary War
National Park Service ranger Phillip Lupsiewicz talked about the Battle of Concord and sites that were part of the fighting on April 19, 1775. Some of the first shots of the Revolutionary War were fired on the North Bridge in Concord, Massachusetts.
Description
National Park Service ranger Phillip Lupsiewicz talked about the Battle of Concord and sites that were part of the fighting on April 19, 1775. Some of the first shots of the Revolutionary War were fired on the North Bridge in Concord, Massachusetts.
Bell Ringer Assignment
- Why is Old North Bridge considered the beginning of the American Revolution?
- Describe the tension that occurred between Great Britain and the colonies prior to the Revolutionary War.
- Explain the cause of events of the initial shots fired at Lexington and Concord that began the Revolutionary War.
- Describe the events that occurred at Barrett Farm and it effect on the American Revolution.
- Explain the events that occurred at Old North Bridge and the Battle of Concord and its significance to the American Revolution.
Additional Resources
Participants
Vocabulary
- Armament
- Barrett Farm
- Boston Massacre
- Colony
- Intolerable Acts
- Lexington & Concord
- Milita
- Minutemen
- Old North Bridge
- Paul Revere
- Punkatasset Hill
- Thomas Gage
- Treason