Road to Revolution Lesson 5.3 & 5.4

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  • Continental Congress Meets

    -All colonies except for Georgia has representatives.
    -Voted to send a "Statement of Grievances"
    -Voted to Boycott all British Trade
    - Patrick Henry- VA rep. urged colonist to unite against Britain

  • 1,000's of Redcoats in Boston

    -General Gage brings thousands of British soldiers to Boston with more on the way

  • Midnight ride of Paul Revere

    -Paul Revere rides to warn the Sons of Liberty in Lexington and Concord that the "British are coming... The British are coming.."

  • Battles of Lexington & Concord

    -The Battle of Lexington
    ~1st battle of American Revolutionary War
    ~"Shot heard 'round the world'" -Ralph Waldo Emerson
    ~BRITISH victory
    -The Battle of Concord
    ~Americans Stop British and force them to retreat back to Boston
    ~AMERICAN Victory

  • Capture of Fort Ticonderoga

    -Benedict Arnold & Ethan Allen Capture the Fort
    -Get all supplies in the fort including cannons
    -AMERICAN Victory

  • Second Continental Congress Meeting

    -Print $$$
    -Set up post office
    -Created Continental Army led by George Washington
    -Sent Olive Branch asking King to protect their rights
    ~King hires 30,000 Hessians Soldiers in response

  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    -Fought on Breed's Hill
    -"Don't Fire until you see the whites of their eyes" -William Prescott
    -BRITISH Victory (Americans ran out of ammunition) British learn defeating Americans would NOT be easy

  • Washington Arrives On Outskirts of Boston With Continental Troops

    -Realizes men are disorganized & need discipline
    -Need Weapons

  • "Common Sense" Published by Thomas Paine

    -Pamphlet inspires more colonists to become patriots
    -"Everything that is right or reasonable pleads for separation. The blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries, ‘TIS TIME TO PART."
    —from Common Sense, 1776

  • British Surrender Boston

    -Washington believes his army is ready & weapons arrive
    -Washington puts cannons on Dorchester Heights overlooking Boston
    -BRITISH retreat- AMERICAN Victory

  • Second Continental Congress Meets Again

    -Debate on declaring independence
    -Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document

  • Second Continental Congress Votes for Independence

    -Everyone voted yes

  • The Declaration of Independence is Signed

    -4 OF JULY!!!