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Continental Congress meets
- All Colonies have representatives except Georgia
- Voted to Boycott all British trade and send a "statement of grievances
- 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 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.." -
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 -
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 Hessians Soldiers in response -
Battle of Bunker Hll
Fought on breed's hill
-"don't fire until you see the whites of their eye's- 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 and 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
-Wahington believed 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!
