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the rebellion by sending a strong force to Concord to destroy stores which his spies told him had been collected there. The soldiers began their march in the middle of the night. But Paul Revere and William Dawes were before them. "The regulars are coming," was the cry. At Lexington, the British found a few militiamen drawn up on the village green. Some one fired and a few Americans were killed. On the British marched to Concord. By this time the militiamen had gathered in large numbers. It was a hot day. The regulars were tired. They stopped to rest. Some of the militiamen attacked the regulars at Concord, and when the British started on their homeward march, the fighting began in earnest. Behind every wall and bit of rising ground were militiamen. One soldier after another was shot down and left behind. At Lexington the British met reinforcements, or they would all have been killed or captured. Soon they started again. Again the fighting began. It continued until the survivors reached a place of safety under the guns of the warships anchored off Charlestown. The Americans camped for the night at Cambridge and began the siege of Boston. QUESTIONS AND TOPICS CHAPTER 11 Sec. 103.--_a_. Name some instances which illustrate England's early policy toward its colonies. _b_. Explain the later change of policy, giving reasons for it. Sec.Sec. 104, 105.--_a_. What reasons did Otis give for his opposition to the writs of assistance? Why are such writs prohibited by the Constitution of the United States? _b_. What is a veto? What right had the King of Great Britain to veto a Virginia law? Which side really won in the Parson's Cause? Sec. 106.--What colonies claimed land west of the Alleghany Mountains? How did the king interfere with these claims? CHAPTER 12 Sec.Sec. 107-109.--_a_. What reasons were given for keeping an army in America? _b_. What is meant by saying that Parliament was "the supreme power in the British Empire"? _c_. Is a stamp tax a good kind of tax? _d_. Explain carefully the colonists' objections to the Stamp Act of 1765. Do the same objections hold against the present Stamp tax? Sec.Sec. 110-113.--_a_. Explain the difference between the Stamp Act Congress and the earlier Congress. _b_. What did the Stamp Act Congress do? _c_. Give an account of Franklin. What did Franklin say about the feeling in the colonies? _d_. Explain carefully the causes which led to the repeal
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