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First Continental Congress Meets
All colonies but georgia have representatives because gerogia is to far away from where they had meetings .
voted to send a " statement of grievances "
voted boycott all british trade
Patrick Henry - VA rep. urged colonists to unite against britain -
1,000's of Redcoats in Boston
They are making you pay taxes and you are getting kicked out of there own houses and More and more soldiers are coming -
Midnight Ride of Paul Revere
The british were coming to fight and Paul revere went to warn the sons of liberty in lexington and concord -
Battles of Lexington & Concord
They won with not that many men so they knew that they could do it . The battle of Lexington was the first one they had in america , They made the british go back to boston -
Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold went to capture fort and it happened . Than they had to go get supplies so they could fight like cannons and more . BUT THAN AMERICAN WON ! -
Second Continental Congress meet
Created continental army led by George Wahington and he was not good he got his man killed but than got better over the years , They printed some $$$ . They set up post office so they could mail letters and other important things to eachother. The olive branch asking king to protect their rights and he did not care laughted at it then ripped it up . Than got 30,000 hessians soldiers in response to what happened -
Battle of Bunker Hill
They fought on breed's hill, William Prescott one said '' Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes '' that is because if you see the white than you are close enough to take your shot and kill them but the British won this battle and the Americas ran out of ammunition . -
Washington arrives on outskirts of boston with continental troops
They need weapons for the war and they did not have alot of them. They realizes men are disorganized and need discipline -
'' Common Sense '' published by Thomas Paine
Many colonists held on t hope that the colonies could remian part of Great Britain . Still , support for independence was growing . It was inspired in no small part by writer Thomas Paine . Thomas arrived in the colonies from england -
Second Continental congress votes for Independence
All 13 colnies vote YES on declaring Independence but New York did not have anyone so more said Yes than NO so they got everyone to say Yes -
The Declaration of Independene is signed !!
THEY FINALLY HAVE INDEPENDENCE . Americas birthday -
British surrender Bosten
Washington believed his army was ready to fight . Under the cover of darkness , he moved soldiers and cannons into position overlooking Bosten , while the redcoats slept . He move suprised the british , who realized they were now withing easy reach of washington's big guns