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~ All colonist but Georgia have representatives
~ Voted to send: statement of grievance
~ Voted to Boycott all Britsh Trade
~ Partirck Henry - VA rep. urged colonists to unite against Britain. -
~ General Gage brings thousands of British Soldiers to Boston with more on the way.
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~ Paul Revere rides to warn the Sons of Liberty in Lexington and Concord that the " Britsh are coming... The British are coming".
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~ Battle of Lexington - 1st battle of the American Revolutionary War.
- " shot heard round the world " - Ralph Waldo Emerson.
- BRITISH Victory.
~ Battle of Concord - Americans Stop the British forced them to retreat back to Boston.
- AMERICAN Victory. -
~ Benedict Arnold & Ethan Allen capture the fort.
~ Get all supplies in the fort including cannons.
~ AMERICAN Victory. -
~ Print $$$$.
~ Set up the 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. -
~ Fought on Breed's Hill.
~ "Don't Fire until you see the whites of their eyes" - William Prescott.
~ Britsh Vitorty ( Americans ran out of ammunition ) Britsh learn defeating Americans would NOT be easy. -
~ Realizes men are disorganized & need discipline
~ Need weapons -
~ pamphlet inspires more colonists to become patriots.
~ " Everything 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. -
~ Washington belives his army is ready & weapons arrive.
~ Washington puts cannons on Dorchester Heights overlooking Boston.
~ Britsh - retreat -- American Victory. -
~ Debate on declaring independence.
~ Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document. -
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