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Boston Tea Party (12/16/1773)
- Members of Sons of Liberty Dump over 340 chests of tea into Boston Harbor
- "Boston harbor is a teapot tonight!"
- caused problems for loyalists / Tories
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First Continental Congress meets
All colonists but Georgia have representatives voted to Boycott all British Trade Patrick Henry - VA rep. urged colonists to unite against Britain. -
1,000's 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 ... 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 -
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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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