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Continental Congress Meets
-All colonies but Georgia have representatives
-Vote to send a "statement of grievances"
-Voted to Boycott all British trade
-Patrick Henry- VA rep. urged colonist to unite against Britain -
1,000's of Redcoats in Boston
General Gage brings thounds 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 what the "British are coming... The British are coming" -
Battles of Lexington & Concord
Battle of Lexington
-1st battle of the 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 -
Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
-Benedict Arnold & Ethan Allen capture the fort
-Get all suplies in the fort including cannons
-AMERICAN VICTORY -
Second Continental Congress Meet
-Print $$$
-Set up a post office
-Created Continental Army led by George Washington
-Sent Olive Branch asking King to protect their rights
-King hires 30,000 Hessaians Soldiers in response -
Battle of Bunker Hill
-Fought on Breed's Hill
-"Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes" - William Prescot
-BRITISH VICTORY (Americans ran out of ammunition) British learn to defeat Americans Would not be easy -
Washington arrives on outskirts of Boston with Continental troops
-Realizes men are disorganized and need discipline -Need weapons -
"Common Sense" published by Thomas Paine
-Pamphelet inspires more colonist to become patriots
-"Everything that is right or reasonable pleads for seperation. the blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries,'TIS TIME TO PART" - Thomas Paine -
British Surrender Boston
-Washington believes his army is ready and weapons arrive
-Washington puts cannons on Dochester 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
