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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 untie against British -
1,000's of redcoats in boston
- General gage brings thousands of soldiers to Boston with more on the way
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Midnight Ride of Paul revere
- Paul revere rides to warn the son of the liberty in Lexington and concord that the "British are coming... the British are coming"
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Battles of Lexington & concord
-battel of Lexington -
-1st battel of American revolutionary war
-"shot heard round the world" -ralph waldo Emerson
-battel of concord -
-Americans stop the 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 meet
-Print $$$
-Set up post office
-Created Continental Army led by George Washington
-Sent Olive Branch asking King to protect their rights
-King hired 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 -
Washington arrives on outskirts of Boston with continental troops
-Realizes men are disorganized & need discipline
-need weapons
