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Continental congress meets
- all colonies but Georgia have reps *voted to send a statement of grievance*voted boycott all British trade * Patrick Henry - VA rep .urged colonist to unite against Britain
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1,000's of redcoats in Boston
General gags 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...The British are coming. -
Battles of Lexington and concord
- Battle of Lexington -1st battle of american revolutionary war -shot heard around the world -Ralph waldo Emerson -BRITISH victory *Battle of Concord -Americans stop British and tell them to retreat back to Boston -AMERICAN victory.
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Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
*Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen capture the fort *Get all the supplies in the fort including the cannons *AMERICAN victory -
second continental congress meet
- print $$$$ * set up post office * created conventional army led by George Washington * sent olive branch asking king to protect there rights - king hires 30,000 hessian s soldiers in response
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Battle of Bunker Hill
fought on breeds hill''Don't fire until you see the whites of there eyes''-William Prescott.*BRITISH victory(Americans ran out of ammunition)British learn defeating the Americans would NOt be easy. -
common seance
*pamphlet inspires more colonist to become to become patriots*every thing that is right or responsible pleads for separations.The blood of slain,the weeping voices of nature cries tis the time to part -Thomas pain common seance. -
British surrender Boston
*Washington believed his army is ready and weapons arrive.*Washington puts cannons on dorchesters heights over looking Boston.*British retreat -american victory -
Second continental meet again
*debate on declaring independence *Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document -
second continental congress votes for independence
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The declaration of independence is signed
