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Capture of Fort Ticoderoga
.Benedict Arnold & Ethan Allen capture the fort
.Get all supplies in the fort including cannons
.AMERICAN Victory -
First Continental Congress meets
All colonies but Georgia have representatives.
Voted to send" statement of grievances".
Voted to Boycott all British trade.
Patrick Henry - VA rep. urged colonist to unite againts britain. -
1000's of redcoats in boston
general Gage brings thousands of British soldiers to Boston with more on the day -
Midnight ride of Paul Revere
Paul Revere rides to warn the Sons Of Liberty in Lexington and Concord that the "British are coming... The British are coming..." -
Battle of Lexington & Concord
.Battle of Lexington -
-1st battle of American Revolution War
-"Shot heard round the world"- Ralph Waldo Emerson
- BRITISH VICTORY
. Battle of Concord
-Americans Stop British and force them to retreat back to Boston -
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.