Road to Revolution 5.3 & 5.4

By m_yohe2

  • First Continental Congress Meets

    ~All colonies except for Georgia has representatives.
    ~Voted to send a "Statement of Grievances"
    ~Voted to Boycott all British Trade
    ~Patrick Henry- VA rep. urged colonists to unite against Britain

  • 1,000'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 rides to warn the Sons of Liberty in Lexington and Concord that "The British are coming... The British are coming..."

  • Battles of Lexington & Concord

    ~The Battle of Lexington
    -1st battle of American Revolutionary War
    -"Shot heard 'round the world" -Ralph Waldo Emerson
    -BRITISH Victory
    ~The Battle of Concord
    -Americans Stop British and force them to retreat back to Boston
    -AMERICAN victory

  • Capture of Fort Ticonderoga

    ~Benedict Arnold & Ethan Allen capture the fort
    ~Get all supplies in the fort including cannons
    ~AMERICAN victory

  • Second Continental Congress Meets

    ~Print $$$$
    ~Set up a post office
    ~Created Continental Army led by George Washington
    ~Sent Olive Branch asking King George to protect their rights
    -King hires 30,000 Hessians Soldiers in response

  • 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)
    ~Bristish learn defeating the Americans would NOT be easy

  • Washington Arrives on Outskirts of Boston with Continental Troops

    ~Realizes men are disorganized & need discipline
    ~Need weapons

  • "Common Sense" Published by Thomas 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."
    —from Common Sense, 1776

  • British Surrender Boston

    ~Washington believes his army is ready & weapons arrive
    ~Washington puts cannons on Dorchester Heights overlooking Boston
    ~BRITISH retreat -- AMERICAN victory

  • Second Continental Congress Meets again

    ~Debate on declaring independence
    ~Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document

  • Second Continental Congress Votes For Independence

  • The Declaration of Independence is Signed