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Continental Congress meets
-All colonies Georgia has representatives
-voted to send a "statement of grievances"
-Voted Boycotted all British Trade -
British Surrender Boston
-Washington believes his army is ready & weapons arrive
-Washington puts cannons on Dorchester Heights overlooking Boston
-BRITISH retreat - AMERICAN Victory -
1,000's of Redcoats in Boston
General Gage brings thousands of British soldier 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
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
- Americans capture much needed supplies and ammunition in the fort including cannons
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Second Continental Congress meet
- Print money (change from British pounds to American dollars)
- Set up post office -Created Continental Army led by George Washington -Sent Olive Branch Petition asking King George III 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. -
Washington arrives on outskirts of Boston with Continental troops
-Realized men are disorganized & need discipline
-Need weapons -
"Common Sense" published by Thomas Paine
-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 -
Second Continental Congress meet again
-Debate on declaring independence
-Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document -
Second Continental Congress votes for Independence
- All 3 colonies vote YES on declaring independence
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The Declaration of Indepenence is signed!
