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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
- Kings hires 30,000 Hessians Soldiers in response -
british surrender Boston
Washington believes his army is ready & weapon arrive.
Washington puts cannons on dorchester Heights overlooking Boston.
British retreat- AMERICAN Victory -
Washington arrives on outskirts of voston with continental troops
Realizes men are disorganized & need
discipline.
Need weapons. -
Second contiental congress meet again
Debate on declaring independence.
Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document. -
second continental congress votes for independence
All 13 colonies vote YES on declaring
independence. -
The declaration of independence is signed.
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Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
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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) The British learn defeating Americans would NOT be easy.