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Continental Congress meets
*All colonies but Georgia have representatives
* Voted to send a "statement of grievances"
* Voted to boycott all British Trade
* Patrick Henry- VA rep. urged colonist to unite against Britian -
1,000's of Redcoats in Boston
- General Gage brings thousands of British soldiers to Boston with more on the way
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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.."
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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 the 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 History
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Battle of Bunker Hill
- Fought on Breed's Hill
- "Don't Fire until you see the whites of there eyes"- William Prescott
- British Victory (Americans ran out of ammunition) British learn defeating Americans would NOT be easy.