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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 -
Thousands 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 american revolutionary war
-"shot heard round the world" -Ralph Waldo Emerson
-BRITISH victory -Battle of concord-
-american 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 -
Battle of Bunker Hill
-fought on breed's hill map
-"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.