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First continental congress meets
- all colonists but Georgia has representitives
- Voted to send a 'statement of grievances"
- Voted to boycott all british trade
- patrick henry- VA rep. Urged colonists to unite against britain
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Thousands of redcoats in boston
General Gage brings thousands of british soldiers to Boston with more on the way -
Battles of lexington and concord
-1st battle of american revolutionary war
-shot heard around the world
- British victory
Battle of concord
-Americans stop 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
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Battle of Bunker hill
- Fought on Breed's hill map
- "Don't fire until you see whites of their eyes"- William Prescott
- British victory (Americans ran out of ammunition) British learn defeating Americans would NOT be easy.