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continental congress meets
-all colonies but Georgia has representatives.
-voted to send a "statement of grievances"
-voted a boycott all British trade -
1000s 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.." -
battles of lexington and concord
battle of 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 -
Capture Of Fort Ticonderoga
-Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen capture the fort at night
-Americans capture much needed supplies and ammunition in the fort including cannons -
second continental congress meet
-print money (change from using British pounds to american dollars)
-set up post office
-create a continental army led by George Washington -
battle of bunker hill
-fought on breeds 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 -
"Common Sense" published by Thomas Paine
-pamphlet inspires more colonists to become patriots
-Everything 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 -
British Surrender Boston
-Washington believes his army is ready and weapons arrive
-Washington puts cannons on dorchester heights overlooking Boston
-British retreat- american victory -
Second Continental Congress Meet Again
-debate on declaring independence from great Britain
-Thomas Jefferson -
second continental congress votes for indenpendance
-all 13 colonies vote yes on declaring independence -
the declaration of indenpendence is signed