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Continental Congress Meeting
-All colonies but Georgia has representatives
-Voted to send a "statement of grievances"
-Voted to boycott all British trade
-Patrick Henry-VA Rep. urged colonist 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 and Concord
-Battle of Lexington
-1st battle of the American Revolution Way
-"shot heard round the world" -Ralph Waldo Emerson
-British Victory
-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 Meeting
-Print $$$
-Set up the first post office
-Created the Continental Army led by George Washington
-Sent Olive Branch asking King to protect their rights
-King hires 30,000 Hessians Soldiers in response -
Washington arrives on outskirts of Boston with Continental troops
-Realizes men are disorganized & need discipline
-Need weapons -
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) British learn defeating Americans would NOT be easy. -
British Surrender Boston
-Washington believes his army is ready & weapons arrive
-Washington puts cannons on Dorchester Hieghts overlooking Boston
-British retreat-American Victory
