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First 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 unite against Britain
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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. -
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.." -
Battles of Lexington & Concord
'Battle of Lexington
-1st battle of the American Revolutionary 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
-AMERICAN Victory. -
Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
- Benedict Arnold Ethan Allen capture the fort.
- Get all the supplies in the fort including cannons.
- AMERICAN Victory!
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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) British learn defeating Americans would NOT be easy.