Road to revolution 5.3 & 5.4

  • continental congress meets

    continental congress meets
    • All colonies but Georgia have representatives
    • voted to send "statement of grievances "
    • voted to boycott all British trade
    • Patrick Henry - VA rep. urged colonists to unite against Britain
  • 1,000's redcoats in Boston

    1,000's redcoats in Boston
    General Gage brings thousands of British solders to Boston with more on the way
  • Midnight ride of Paul revere

    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.."
  • Battels of Lexington and Concord

    Battels of Lexington and Concord
    Battle of Lexington-
    - 1st battle of 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

    Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
    • Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen capture the fort
    • Get all supplies in the fort including cannons
    • AMERICAN victory
  • Second continental congress meet

    Second continental congress meet
    • Print $$$
    • Set up post office
    • Created continental army lead by George Washington
    • Sent olive branch asking king to protect their rights
      • king hires 30,000 hessians soldiers in response
  • Battle of bunker hill

    Battle of bunker hill
    • Fought on breed's hill
    • " Don't fire till you see the whites of their eyes"- William Prescott
    • BRITISH victory ( Americans ran out of ammunition) British learn defeating the Americans would NOT be easy.
  • Washington arrives on outskirts of Boston with continental troops

    Washington arrives on outskirts of Boston with continental troops
    • realizes men are disorganized and need discipline -need weapons
  • "common sense" published by Tomas Paine

    "common sense" published by Tomas Paine
    • pamphlet inspires more colonists to become patriots
    • " Every thing that is right or reasonable pleads for separation. the blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries, 'TIS TIME TO PART" - Tomas Paine, common sense
  • British surrender Boston

    British surrender Boston
    • Washington believes his army is ready and weapons arrive
    • Washington puts cannons on Dorchester heights overlooking Boston
    • BRITISH retreat - American victory
  • Second continental congress meet again

    Second continental congress meet again
    • debate on declaring independence
    • Tomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document
  • Second continental congress votes for independence

    Second continental congress votes for independence
  • The declaration of independence is singed !!!

    The declaration of independence is singed !!!