American Revolutions

Lexington

Apr 18, 1775

April 18, 1775- colonists rang church bells and gunshot, warnings sent from town to town, to warn the others that the british were coming. 700 british troops to be exact.

Concord

Apr 19, 1775

The british marched on to concord, got lined up to march back to back to boston when 3,000-4,000 minutemen had assembled by now and fired on the marching troops, british soldiers fell by the dozen

Philadelphia

May 10, 1775

The colonial leaders called the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia to talk about their next move, some delegates called for independence, while others argued for reconciliation.