Road to Revolution 5.3 & 5.4

By stu.burrisb

  • Continental Congress Meets

    All colonies 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 are coming.."

  • Battles of Lexington & Concord

    Battle of Lexington-
    -1st battle of American Revolutionary War
    -"shot heard around 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

  • 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
    British Victory