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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 colonist to unite against Britain -
1000’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 ride to warn the Sons of Liberty in Lexington and Concord that the British are coming... the British are coming..” -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
~First battle of American revolutionary War
~Shot heard around the world Ralph Waldo Emerson
~British victory -
Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
~Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen capture the fort -
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