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-All colonists 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. -
General Gage brings thousands of British soldiers to Boston with more on the way.
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Paul Revere rides to warn the Sons of Liberty in Lexington and Concord that the "British are coming... The British are coming..."
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Battle of Lexington:
- First battle of the 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.
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- Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen capture fort Ticonderoga.
- The men get all the the supplies that are in the fort including cannons.
- AMERICAN VICTORY
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- Print $$$$
- Set up post office.
- Created a Continental Army led by Gorge Washington.
- Sent Olive Branch asking king to protect their rights.
- King hires 30,000 Hessian Soldiers in response.
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- The battle was 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. The British learn that defeating the Americans will NOT be easy.
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- Gorge Washington realizes that his men are disorganized and need discipline. -Gorge Washington and his army is also in need of weapons.
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- 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' - Thomas Paine, Common Sense
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-Washington believes his army is ready due to training camp, and weapons arrive.
- Washington puts cannons on Dorchester Heights overlooking Boston.
- Not a single shot is fired before the British retreat - AMERICAN VICTORY!!! -
-Debate on declaring independence.
-Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document. (The Declaration of Independence.) -
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