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The Boston Massacure
-angry townspeople filled the streets
-a solider was knocked down -the redcoats began to fire killing 5 colonists -
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 -
Washington Reaches Boston
-Taking place a couple weeks after Bunker Hill
-Washington took notice of the disorganization of the militia.
-He began to train soldiers and civilians -
Revere and Dawes ride into Lexington warning people of the British attack.
-Dr. Joseph Warren saw troops marching out of the city
-Warren alerted Paul Revere and William Dawes
-Revere and Dawes warn the people of the British attack -
Lexington and Concord
-the minutemen were badly out numbered
-the first monumental shot went off
-both sides began firing
-at the end 8 minutemen may lay dead
-the British moved to concord while colonists hid -
Fort Ticonderoga surrendered
-The continental army took the British by surprise
- Benedict Arnold and the so-called Green Mountain Boys joined together helping this defeat -
Battle of Bunker Hill
-A militia commanded Colonel William Prescott set up posts on Bunker Hill and Breed's Hill -
The Battle of Bunker Hill
-The British assembled to Breed's Hill
-The colonists were low on ammunition
-Colonists ran out of ammunition
-The British won the battle -
"Common Sense" by Thomas Paine
-He wrote about how Americans were still finding their way to independence.
-Thomas Paine Arrived in England in 1774.
-He called for a complete break of British rule -
The Patroit Militia Scare the British
-Washington believed that the militia was ready and trained.
-While it was still dark soldiers prepared for battle.
-The British ordered ships to leave Boston and they found out they were surrounded/ -
Second Continental Congress
-The Congress voted to become independent.
-New York didn't vote however they later said they supported independence -
The Decralation of Independence
-John Hancock signed the document first
-56 delegates signed
-This announced the United States Independence from Britain. -
Decralation was Read to Troops
-In New York George Washington had the deceleration read to troops.
-The Decralation was also read in Massachusetts with a big celebration following. -
Patriot Traitor
-Benedict Arnold sold information to the British
-He changed sides when the Patriots caught wind of his betrayal