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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
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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