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- Every leader from twelve of the thirteen colonies execpt Georgia are attending a meeting -Patrick Henry wanted two outspoken defenders of the colonial rights and wanted colonies to unite against Britain -
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-General Gage brung 7,000 of British soldiers to Boston will more come
-The American colonists tradition had a long and serving and also protecting their communities
-Each member had to be provieded his own weapon
-They were also handed a muskets and ammunition
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-On April 18,1775 at night the colonial protest leader Dr.Joseph Warren walked through Boston
-Dr.Joseph watched for any unusual activity from the British he did see troops marching out of the city
-At dawn the recoats move slowly to Lexington
-Along the road colonists hid behind trees and shot at the soldiers
-Both sides shot at each other after 8 men were killed -
-When the redcoats reached Boston maybe at leats 174 wounded and 73 were dead
-The Battle of Lexington was the 1st battle of American Revolutionary War
-Shots were heard around the world from Ralph Waldo Emerson
- The British cailmed victory
-The Americans stoped the British during the Battle of Concord and they forced them to retreat to Boston -
-Benedict Arnold and his partner Ethan Allen captured the fort
- Got all of the supplies inculding cannons
-The American claimed the victory -
-In 1775 May 10 there was a second Continental Congress meeting
-It includes great leaders
-The great leaders were John and Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, Richard Henry Lee, and George Washington
-They were all delegates were at the first Continental Congress
-There were 7 new people at the second Continental Congress
-Benjamin Franklin one of the most respected men of all the colonies was the leader in Pennsylvania
-There was printed money
-John Hancock was president of the 2 Congress meeting -
-They faught on the Breeds Hill
-William Prescott did not want to fire until they saw whites in their eyes
-The British claimed victory from the Americans running out of ammunition
-The British learned that defeating the Americans wouldn't be easy to do
-The news spread about the battles the colonists face major decisions to join the rebels or remain loyal to Great Britain
-The Loyalists the people that didnt side with Great Britain did not think unfair taxes and laws as a rebellion -
-They realized the men are disorganized and they need good discipline
-They needed weapons
-The congress found out that British troops in Canada planned to take over New York
-Washington made it to Boston of July 1775 weeks after the Battle of Bunker Hill -
- The pamphelt inspired more colonists to become patriots -"Every thing that is right or reasonable pleads for separation. The blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries, "TIS TIME TO PART"- Thomas Paine (Common Sense)
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- Washington thinks his army is ready as the weapons arrive -George Washington puts multiple cannons on the Dorchester Heights which overlooked Boston -The British retreated and American had Victory
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-Deabted for declaring independence -Thomas Jefferson was the primary author for the document for the declaring independence
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- All of teh 13 colonies voted "YES" on declaring independence -John Adams asked Jefferson to write the first draft -John Hancock was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence
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-The Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4,1776
-July 2, 1776 the Second Continenetal Congress voted for Lee's soultion of independence