Declaring independence

  • Second Continental Congress meet

    Created Continental army by George Washington Olive Branch he asked the King to protect their rights. The King hires 30,000 Soldiers to response.
  • Washington arrives on outskirts of Boston with Continental troops

    Realizes the men were disorganized and needed the discipline. And also needed weapons
  • British Surrender Boston

    Washington believes that his army is ready and also has weapons that arrived.
  • "Common Sense" published by Thomas Paine

    The pamphlet inspires some more colonists to also become patriots. everything is right and reasonable pleads for more separation. The blood the slain and the voice.
  • Second Continental Congress meet again

    Debate for declaring the independence.
  • Second Continental Congress votes for indenpendence

    All of the colonists voted Yes on declaring the independence