Road to independence

By stu.suggsk
  • 1776 BCE

    second continental congress meet again

    second continental congress meet again
    Debate on declaring independenc Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document

  • British surrender boston

    British surrender boston
    wahsington belives his army is ready & weapons arrive
    washington puts cannons on Dorchester Heights overlooking boston
    BRITISH retreat - AMERICAN Victory

  • Second Continental congress votes for independence

    Second Continental congress votes for independence
    All 13 colonies votes yes on declaring independence

  • first continental congress meets

    first continental congress meets
    Events
    Events
    Events
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    Midnight ride of paul revere

    paul revere rides to warn the sons of liberty in lexington and concord that the ''british are coming... the britrsh are coming...''

  • Capture of fort ticonderoga

    Capture of fort ticonderoga
    benedict Arnold & Ethan Allen capture the fort.
    Get all supplies in the fort including cannons
    AMERICAN Victory

  • Second Continetal Congress meet

    Second Continetal Congress meet
    print $$$
    set up post office
    created contintal Army led by george washington
    sent olive branch asking king to soldiers in response

  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    Battle of Bunker Hill
    Fought on Breed's hill map.
    Don't fire unit you see the whites of their
    eyes''- William Prescott.
    british Victory (Americans ran out of ammunition) British learn defeating Americans would NOT be easy.

  • Washington arrives on outskirts of Boston with Contiental troops

    Washington arrives on outskirts of Boston with Contiental troops
    Realizes men are disorganized & need
    discipline Need weapons
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    battles of lexington and concord

    -1st battle of american revolutionary war
    -''shot heard round the word'' -Ralph waldo
    Emerson
    -BRITISH Victory
    Battle of concord
    -American stop british and force them to retreat back to boston
    -AMERICAN Victory

  • Common sense'' published by Thomas paine

    Common sense'' published by Thomas paine
    pamphlet inspires more colonists to become patriots Every thing that is right or reasonable

  • Taxing the Colonies

    Taxing the Colonies
    Great Britain needed money to pay for French and Indian War & the cost of still defending the colonist from Indian attacks
    How did they go about raising money?

  • Smuggling

    Smuggling
    British crackdown on smuggling of goods
    Smugglers arrested if caught
    Guilty until proven innocent
    Enforced by writs of assistance (search warrant)

  • Taxation Without Representation

    Taxation Without Representation
    Parliament’s taxes upset colonists
    Parliament =law making group of Great Britain
    James Otis
    Argued that Parliament had no right to tax without consent (permission)
    *Colonists had no representatives
    In Parliament, BUT they had to
    follow their rules. *    *

  • The Declaration of independence

    The Declaration of independence