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Continental Congress
All the colonies except geogia showed up with representatives to talk about their grievances. The representatives voted to write and send a statment of grievances and boycott all british trade. -
1,000's of Redcoats in Boston
General gage brings lots of redcoats into boston. He brang them their to restore boston to the king in his own way. -
Midnight ride of Paul Revere
Paul hears that the british are going to attack lexington and concord. So he rides all the way there to warn them that the "British are coming.. The british are coming.." -
Battles of Lexington & Concord
Lexington:
It is the 1st battle of the American Revoluntionary War
It was the shot heard around the war
Concord:
Americans managed to make the British troops retreat -
Second Continental Congress meet
They meet up in Philadelphia. They decide to start printing their own currency to seprate them even more form the British and they also set up a post office. They decide to create an army lead by george washington called the Continental army. They voted to send an olive branch letter saying the want to cut ties with Britain, the King sends 30,000 hessian soldiers in retailation. -
Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
Benedict and Ethan capture the fort using a passageway. The steal all the supplies from it including moving cannons. American troops win. -
Washington arrives on outskirts of Boston with Continental troops
He arrives and sees that his supposed army is very disorganized and need discipline if they are going to fight the British. They need proper training as in strategies to counter the British method. And they need some more weapons to fight with. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The hill is actually called Breed's Hill. "Don't fire until you see the whites or their eyes" - William Prescott. The battle that changed the tides of the war, showed that defeating the Americans will not be a walk in the park. -
“Common Sense” published by Thomas Paine
The pamphlet was one reason so many colonists sided with the Patriots. It helped enlighten them to what the British were doing to the colonies. “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 -
Britsh Surrender Boston
As they get ready to fight Washington has faith in the men he has. They wait for weapons to arrive so they can fight, and they put cannons on Dorchester Heights overlooking Boston. They use it to corner the British army into a retreat. Americans treat it as a VICTORY. -
Second Continental Congress meet again
This time they discuss the debate on the declartion of independence. They decide to have Thomas Jefferson as its primary author and after he is done they will add things in themselves. When it was finshed all of the 13 colonies as a union voted YES on declaring the colonies independence from britian. -
Declaration of Independence is signed
After all the colonies agreeing to have it written they start to sign it. When signing this they are putting their living in danger. Because if they war fails they would be putting a target on their backs. Even though he knew this John Hanncock still wrote his name in big letters so all can see. This a declaration of the colonies freedom and liberty away from the British rule. America is now free!!