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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. -
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 - -Americans stop British and force them to retreat back to Boston
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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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Second Continental Congress meet
- Print there own money $$$
- Set up post office
- Created Continental Army led by George Washington
- Sent Olive Branch King to protect their rights
- King hires 30,000 Hessian's Soldiers in response
- Print there own money $$$
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Second Continental Congress meet again
- debate on declaring independence
- Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document
- debate on declaring independence
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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.
- Fought on Breed's Hill
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Washington arrives on outskirts of Boston with Continental troops
- Realizes men are disorganized & need discipline
- Need weapons
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"Common Sense" published by Thomas Paine
- Pamphlet inspires more colonist to become patriots
- "Every thing that is right or reasonable pleads for separation. The blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature's cries, 'TIS TIME TO PART" - Thomas Paine, common Sense.
- Pamphlet inspires more colonist to become patriots
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British Surrender Boston
- Washington believes his army is ready & weapons arrive
- Washington puts cannons on Dorchester Heights overlooking Boston
- BRITISH retreat - AMERICAN victory
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Second Continental Congress Votes for Independence
- All 13 colonies vote YES on declaring independence
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The Declaration of Independence is signed
- FIREWORKSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!