Road to Revolution 5.3, 5.4

By stu.smitht5

  • Continental Congress Meets

    1.All colonies but Georgia has representatives
    2.Voted to send a "statement of grievance
    3.Voted to Boycott all British Trade

  • Thousands of Redcoats in Boston

    General Gage brings thousands if 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..."

  • Second Continental Congress Meet

    1. Print Money 2.Set Up Post Office
    2. Created A Continental Army Lead by George Washington\
    3. Sent Olive Branch Petition Asking King George lll to Protect Their Rights
    4. King Hires 30,000 Hessian's Soldiers In Response

  • Washington Arrives On Outskirts Of Boston With Continental Troops

    1. Realizes men are disorganized and need discipline
    2. Need weapons

  • "Common Sense" published by Thomas Paine

    1. Pamphlet inspires more colonist to become patriots
    2. "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

  • British Surrender Boston

    1. Washington believes his army is ready and weapons arrive
    2. Washington puts cannons on Dorchester Heights overlooking Boston
    3. British retreat-American victory

  • Second Continental Congress Meet Again

    1. Debate on declaring independence
    2. Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document

  • Second Contiental Congress Votes For Independence

    1. All 13 colonies vote YES on declaring independence

  • The Declartion Of Indepence Is Signed