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First Continental Congress meets
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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 American Revolutionary war
- "shot heard round the world" - Ralph Waldo Emerson
- BRITISH Victory -
Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
-Benedict Arnold & Ethan Allen capture the fort
- Get all supplies in the fort including cannons
-American Victory -
Second Continental Congress meet
-Print $$$$.
-Set up a post office.
-Created Continental Army led by George Washingtion.
-Sent Olive Branch asking King to protect their rights.
-King hires 30,0000 Hessians Soldiers in response. -
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 our of ammunition) British learn defeating Americans would not be easy. -
Second Continental Congress votes for Independece
- All 13 colonies vote yes on declaring independence
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Washington arrives on outskirts of boston with Continental troops
-Realizez men are disorganized need discipline
-Need weapons -
"Common Sense" published by Thomas Paine
- Pamphlet inspires more colonists to become potriots
- "Every thing that is right or reasonable pleads for separation. The blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries, 'TIS TIME TO PART" - Thomas Paine,Common Sense
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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 -
Second Continental Congress meet again
- Debate on declaring independence
- Thimas Jefferson is the primary author of the document
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The Declaration of Independence is signed!
