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Continental Congress meets
-All colonists 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 -
1,000's of Redcoats in Boston
-General Gage brings thousands 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 that the "British are coming...The British is coming.." -
The Battle Lexington & Concord
- Battle of Lexington - 1st battle of revolutionary war " shot hear around the world" -Ralph Waldo Emerson British Victory Battle of Concord -Americans stop British and force them to retreat back to Boston
- American Victory
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Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
- Benedict Arnold & Ethan Allen capture the for
- Get all supplies in the fort including cannons
- American Victory
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Battle of Bunker Hill
- 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
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Second Continental Congress meet again
- Debate on declaring independence
- Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document
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Second Continental Congress votes for Independence
- All 13 colonies vote YES on declaring independence
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The Declaration of Independence is signed
The US is now officially a coutry.