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- All colonies but Georgia have representatives.
- Voted to send a "statement of grievances"
- Voted to Boycott all British Trade
- Patrick Henry - VA rep. urged colonists to unite against Britain
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- General Gage brings thousands of British soldiers to Boston with more on the way.
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Paul Revere rides to warn the Sons of Liberty in Lexington and Concord that the "British are coming... The British are coming.."
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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 force them to retreat back to Boston.
AMERICAN Victory -
Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen capture the fort
Get all supplies in the fort including cannons
AMERICAN Victory -
- Print $$$$
- Set up post office
- Created Continental Army led by George Washington
- Sent Olive Branch asking the King to protect their rights
- Print $$$$
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- 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
- Fought on Breed's Hill
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- Realizes men are disorganized & need discipline
- Need weapons
- Realizes men are disorganized & need discipline
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- 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
- Pamphlet inspires more colonists to become patriots
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- Washington believes his army is ready & weapons arrive
- Washington puts cannons on Dorchester Heights overlooking Boston
- BRITISH retreat - AMERICAN Victory
- Washington believes his army is ready & weapons arrive
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- Debate on declaring independence
- Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document
- Debate on declaring independence
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