AQA A-Level History 7042
1A The Age of the Crusades, c1071–1204
1B Spain in the Age of Discovery, 1469–1598
1C The Tudors: England, 1485–1603
1D Stuart Britain and the Crisis of Monarchy, 1603–1702
1E Russia in the Age of Absolutism and Enlightenment, 1682–1796
1F Industrialisation and the People: Britain, c1783–1885
1G Challenge and Transformation: Britain, c1851–1964
1H Tsarist and Communist Russia, 1855–1964
1J The British Empire, c1857–1967
1K The Making of a Superpower: USA, 1865–1975
1L The Quest for Political Stability: Germany, 1871–1991
2A Royal Authority and the Angevin Kings, 1154–1216
2B The Wars of the Roses, 1450–1499
2C The Reformation in Europe, c1500–1564
2D Religious Conflict and the Church in England, c1529–c1570
2E The English Revolution, 1625–1660
2F The Sun King: Louis XIV, France and Europe, 1643–1715
2G The Birth of the USA, 1760–1801
2H France in Revolution, 1774–1815
2J America: A Nation Divided, c1845–1877
2K International Relations and Global Conflict, c1890–1941
2L Italy and Fascism, c1900–1945
2M Wars and Welfare: Britain in Transition, 1906–1957
2N Revolution and Dictatorship: Russia, 1917–1953
2O Democracy and Nazism: Germany, 1918–1945
2P The Transformation of China, 1936–1997
2Q The American Dream: Reality and Illusion, 1945–1980
2R The Cold War, c1945–1991
2S The Making of Modern Britain, 1951–2007
2T The Crisis of Communism: The USSR and the Soviet Empire, 1953–2000
2G The Birth of the USA, 1760–1801
General Gage and the Road to Lexington
- 3 things to know
- Component 2
Overview
Recall questions on the territorial and religious terms of the Quebec Act and on the orders to Gage that brought on fighting.
What you need to know
Answer each one before you reveal it.
On what date did the Battles of Lexington and Concord occur, and what did they mark?
What did the Quebec Act contain, why did it anger colonists, and whom did Britain send to govern Massachusetts in 1774?
Questions from this subtopic
Each one with the model answer underneath.
- 1
Who was appointed military governor of Massachusetts in 1774, and for what purpose?
Model answer
General Thomas Gage, to enforce British authority
- 2
What orders given to General Gage led directly to armed conflict?
Model answer
Orders to seize colonial military supplies
- 3
What were colonial militias?
Model answer
Locally organised citizen-soldier forces that provided the initial armed resistance to British troops
- 4
Who were the Minutemen?
Model answer
Militia members who pledged to be ready to fight at a minute's notice
- 5
On what date did the Battles of Lexington and Concord occur, and what did they mark?
Model answer
19 April 1775; they marked the outbreak of armed hostilities between British forces and colonial militias
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Why did British troops march to Concord, and what happened when they arrived?
Model answer
To seize colonial weapons stores; they were met by armed resistance
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