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continental congress meets
All colonists but Georgia have representation
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's of redcoats in Boston
General Gage brings thousands of British soldiers to Boston with more on the way. -
Midnight ride of Paul Revere
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Battles of Lexington & Concord
Battle of Lexington...
-1 Battle American Revolutionary War
-"Shot heard around the world"- Ralph Walsh Emerson
-BRITISH victory
Battle of Concord
-Americans stop British and force them to retreat back to Boston -
Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
Benedict Amold & Ethan Allen capture the fort
-Get all supplies in the fort including cannons
-AMERICAN victory -
Second Continental Congress Meet
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 Hessian Soldiers in response -
Battle of Bunker Hill
-Fought on Breeds hill
-"Don't fire till you 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 & needs discipline
Needs weapons -
"Common Sense" published by Thomas Paine
Pamphlet inspires more colonists to become patriots
"Everything that right or reasonable pleads for separation. The blood of the slain,the weeping of nature voice cries, "ITS TIME TO PART"-Thomas Paine, Common Sense -
Second Continental Congress meet again
Debate on declaring independence
Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document -
Second Continental Congress votes for independence
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The declaration of independence is signed!
