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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 colonists to unite against British
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1,000's of Redcoats in Boston
General Gage brings thousands if British soldiers to Boston with more on the way. -
Midnight ride of Paul Revere
Paul Revere rides to warm the Sons of Liberty in Lexington and Concord that... The British are coming.." -
Battle 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 -
Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
Benedict Arnold and 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 GW -
Battle of Bunker Hill
Fought on Breeds Hill
"Don't fire till you see the whites of their eyes" - William Prescott
British Victory (Americans ran out of ammo) British learn defeating Americans would Not be easy. -
Washington arrives on outskirts of Boston with Continental troops
- Realizes men are disorganized & needs discipline
- Needs weapons
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"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 -
The Declaration of Independence
