Road to resolution

The Boston Massacare

Mar 5, 1770

Protesters clashed with red coats(british soldiers) 5 colonists were killed.

The Boston Tea Party

Dec 16, 1772

Protesters dumped 342 chests of tea.Imported by the british East India Company into the harbor.American colonists,frustrated and angry at Britian for impozing "taxation without representation".

First Continental Congress

Jul 5, 1774

The First Congress was a meeting with 12 of 13 British colonies,to deal with the Intolerable Acts.Georgia was the only colony that didn't send a congress representative.They all agreed to boycott British goods.If Parliment didnt get rid of the Intolerable acts.

1000's of Redcoats in Boston

Apr 1, 1775

General Gage brings thousands of British soldiers to Boston with mre on the way.

Midnight ride of Paul Revere

Apr 18, 1775

Paul Revere rided to warn the Sons of Liberty in Lexington and Concord that the "British are coming...The British are coming.."

Battles of Lexington and Concord

Apr 19, 1775

.Battle of Lexington
-1st American of 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.

Capture of Fort Ticondergoa

May 10, 1775

-Benedict Arnold&Ethan Allen capture the fort
-Get all supplies in the fort including cannons
-AMERICAN Victory

Battle of Bunker Hill

Jun 16, 1775

-fought on bread's hill
-"Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes"-William Prescott
-BRITISH Victory(Americans ran out of ammunition)British learns defeating Americans would NOT be easy