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Continental Congress meets
1.All colonies but Georgia have representative- Voted to send a "statement of grievances"
- Voted to Boycott all British Trade
- Patrick Henry- VA rep. urged colonists to unite against
- Voted to send a "statement of grievances"
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1,000 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 are coming..." -
Battles of Lexington & Concord
- 1st battle of American Revolutionary War
- "shot heard round the world" -Ralph Waldo Emerson
- BRITISH victory
- 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 fort
- Get all supplies in the fort including cannons AMERICAN VICTORY
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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 Hessian soldiers in response
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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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Washington arrives on outskirt of Boston with Continental troops
- Realizes men are disorganized & need discipline
- Need weapons
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"common Sense" published by Thomas Paine
- pamphlet inspire more colonists to become patriots
- :"Every thing that is right or responsible pleads for separation. The blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries, 'TIS TIME TO PART" -Thomas pain, common sense
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British Surrender Boston
- Washington believes his army is ready & weapons arrive
- Washington puts cannons on Dorchester Heights overlooking Boston 3.BRITISH retreat - AMERICAN VICTORY
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Second Continental Congress meet again
- Debate on declaring independents
- Thomas Jefferson is the primary aurther of the document.
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Second Continental Congress votes for independence
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THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE IS SINGED!