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1,000's of redcoats in Boston
- General Gage brings thousands of British soldiers to Boston with more on the way
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Capture of fort Ticonderoga
- Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen capture the fort -Americans capture much needed supplies and ammunition in the fort including cannons -american victory
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Battle of Bunker hill
-Fought on Breeds 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 -
Continental congress meets
- all colonies but Georgia has representatives
- voted to send a "statement of grievances"
- voted to boycott all British Trade