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The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British Colonies, that met to deal with the Intolerable Acts. Georgia was the only colony that did not send a representative to the Congress. They agreed to boycott British goods at first, if Parliment would not repeal the Intolerable Acts. -
General Gage brings thousands of British soldiers to Boston with more the way. -
Paul Revere rides to warn the Son of Liberty in Lexington and Concord that the "British are coming... The British are coming.." -
Battle if 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 -
.Benedict Arnold & Ethan Allen capture the fort. .Get all supplies in the fort including cannons . AMERICAN victory -
Print money. Set up post office. created the continental army led by George Washington. Sent Olive Branch Asking the king to protect their rights- King hires 30,000 Hessian's Soldiers in response -
Fought on Breed's Hill, "Don't Fire until you see the whites of their eyes!" British victory ( Americans ran out of Ammunition) British learn defeating Americans would NOT be easy -
Realizes men are disorganized & need discipline. need weapons -
Pamphlet inspires more colonists to become patriots. "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 -
Washington Believes his army is ready & weapons arrive. Washington puts cannons on Dorchester Heights overlooking Boston. British Retreats- AMERICAN victory -
Debate on declaring independence. Thomas Jefferson is the primary of the document. -
All 13 colonies vote YEA on declaring independence -
