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midnight ride of Paul Revere
Paul Revere rides to warm the sons of liberty in and concord that the "British" are coming... the British are coming.." -
Battles of Lexington & 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
- AMERICAN victory
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Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
- Benedict Arnold & Ethan Allen capture the fort
- Get all supplies in the fort including cannons
- AMERICAN victory
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Second Continental Congress Meet
- Print $$$$
- Set up post office
- created Continental Army led by George Washington
- Sent Olive Branch asking King to protect their rights
- King hires 30,000 Hessian's Soldiers in response
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Battle of Bunker Hill
- fought on breed's 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.
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Washington arrives on outskirts of Boston with continental troops
- realizes men are disorganized & need discipline
- need weapons
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"Common Sense" published by Thomas Paine reasonable
- pamphlet inspires more colonists to become patriots
- "Every thing that is right or plead for separtion. the blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries,
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British Surrender Boston
- Washington believes his army is ready & weapons arrive
- Washington puts cannons on Dorchester Heights overlooking Boston
- BRITISH retreats- american victory
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Second Continental Congress Meet again
- Debate on declaring independence
- Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document
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Second Continental Congress votes for independence
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The Declaration if independence is sighed
