April 10, 2011 Day One –hundred and twenty-seven Visit to Concord

Minute Men National Historic Park, Concord, Mass.
5 x 5 *using Junior Ranger Guide filled out by Sophie on Sunday April 10, 2011
5 Vocabulary
1. Minute Men: Younger members of the militia who were trained to be ready at any minute.
2. Regulars: The regular British army was called regulars
3. Munitions: also called ammunitions, these were the supplies needed for war
4. Ambush: Giving the militia an advantage, an ambush is a place where you can fight usually with lots of hills making no way out
5. Militia: The group of colonists not trained to be an army but the group of colonists fighting in the Revolution.
5 Facts/ Details
1. The Brooks family operated a tannery for tanning leather hides.
2. Nathaniel Hawthorne, who als0o lived in Maine, lived in Concord.
3. Alcott, Hawthorne, Emerson, and Thorough were all next door neighbors.
4. According to legend, Paul Revere's horse was named Brown Beauty.
5. Paul Revere was captured in Lincoln Massachusetts.
5 Sentences
1. We went to the Minute men National Park in Lexington Mass.
2. Paul Revere was yelling on the night of April 18^th "Wake up, Wake up, the regulars are coming."
3. I did a crossword puzzle and could not figure out what went on 4 across, turns out it was munitions and mom spelt it wrong.
4. In Concord, there is a place where the militia had an Ambush; it is called "Bloody Angle."
5. The militia were regular colonists that were trained to be blacksmiths and coopers, while the British were trained to be army men, the militia didn't follow the rules like the regulars did.
5 Questions

1. Who is the "midnight rider"? A: Paul Revere
   *Bonus question: How many riders actually rode that night to sound the alarm? What were their names? A: 3, Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Samuel Prescott.

2. What was the "shot heard round the world?" A: The first gunshot of the Revolutionary War.
3. What did the colonists of Concord and the surrounding areas think the British army had done in Concord? A: burn the town
*Bonus: what did they actually do? A: find munitions and burning the houses down where the munitions were hidden
3. What happened on the Battle Road between the Redcoats and the militiamen between Concord and Charlestown on April 19, 1775? A: they fought the whole way to Charlestown
5. Who was Amos Doolittle and what did he do for the American Revolution? A: he painted the North Bridge and told what happened there otherwise we wouldn't know today.
5 People

1. Amos Barrett: He was part of the militia and said to the rest of the militia "Will you let them burn the town down"
2. Samuel Adams: A politician to Massachusetts, Samuel Adams was one of the leaders starting the Revolution.
3. William Dawes: Another midnight rider
4. The Brooks family: A family that owned a tannery in Concord.



The "shot heard round the world" North Bridge, Concord





Minute Men Memorial on Colonists side of the North Bridge

5. John Pitcairn: The leader of the redcoats