Road to Revolution 5.3 & 5.4

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  • Continental Congress meets

    Continental Congress meets
    • All colonies but Georgia have representatives
    • Voted to send a a "statement of grievances"
    • Voted to Boycott all British Trade
    • Patrick Henry - Va rep. urged colonists

  • 1,000s of Redcoats in Boston

    • General Gage brings thousands of British soldiers to Boston with more on the way

  • Midnight ride of Paul Revere

    Midnight ride of Paul Revere
    • Paul Revere warned the Sons of Liberty & Concord that " the British were coming"

  • Battles of Lexington & Concord

    Battles of Lexington & Concord
    • Battle of Lexington -
    • 1st battle of American Revolutionary War
    • "shot heard round the world"-Ralph Waldo Emerson
    • BRITISH Victory
    • Battle of Concord -
    • Americans stop British & force them to retreat
    • American Victotry

  • Capture of Fort Ticonderoga

    • Benedict Arnold & Ethan Allen capture the fort
    • Get all supplies in the fort
    • AMERICAN Victory

  • Second Continental Congress meet

    • Print $$$$
    • Set up post office
    • Created Continental Army led by Georgia Washington
    • Sent Olive Branch asking King to protect their rights
    • King hires 30,000 Hessians Soldiers

  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    Battle of Bunker Hill
    • fought on Breeds Hill
    • "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes" -William Prescott
    • BRITISH Victory (American ran out of amo) British learn its NOT easy

  • Washington arrives on outskirts of Boston with Continental troops

    • Realizes men are disorganized & need disciple
    • Need weapons

  • "Common Sense" published by Thomas Paine

    • pamphlet inspires more colonies to become patriots
    • "Everything that is right or reasonable pleads for separation. The blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries, 'THIS TIME TO PART" -Thomas Paine, Common Sense

  • 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 Congess meet

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

  • Second Continental Congress votes for Independent

    • Voting

  • The Declaration of Independence is signed!

    The Declaration of Independence is signed!
    • 4TH OF JULY