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Continental Congress meets
Sept. 5, 1774
all colonies but Georgia have representative
Voted to send a "statement of grievances"
Voted to Boycott all British Trade
Patrick Henry-VA rep. urged colonists to unite against Britain -
1,000's of Redcoats in Boston
April 1,1775
General Gage brings thousands of British soldiers to Boston with more on the way. -
Midnight ride of Paul Revere
April 18 1775
Paul Revere rides to warm 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 back to Boston
-AMERICAN Victory -
The capture of Fort Ticonderoga
~Benedict Arnold & Ethan Allen capture the fort
-Get all supplies in the fort including cannons
-AMERICAN victory -
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 -
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. -
Washington arrives on outskirts of Boston with Continental troops
-Realizes men are disorganized & need discipline -Need weapons -
"Common Sense" published by Thomas Paine
-pamphlet inspires more colonists to become patriots
-"Every thing 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
-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!
