mr z timeline

By stu.ironst@mishawaka.k12.in.us

  • continental

    Continental congress meets
    All colonies but Georgia have representatives
    voted to send a statement of grievances
    voted to Boycott all British Trade
    Patrick Henry-VA rep. urged colonists to unite against Britain

  • 1,000 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..""

  • Battles of lexington & Concord

    battle of Lexington
    -1 battle of American Revolutionary war
    -"shot heard round the world"Ralph Waldo Emerson
    BRITISH Victory
    -Battle of Concord
    -Americans Stop British and force hem 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

  • 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 defending Americans would NOT be easy.