Road to Revolution 5.3 & 5.4

By Hannah Brinker

  • Continental Congress Meets

    *All colonies but Georgia had 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

    *Battle of Lexington
    -1st battle of American Revolution War.
    - "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 Arnolds & Ethan Allen capture the fort
    -Get all supplies in the fort including cannons.
    -AMERICAN Victory

  • 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)

  • "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.
    -Washinton puts cannons on Dorchester Heights overlooking Boston.
    -BRITISH retreat - AMERICAN Victory

  • Second Continental Congress meet again

    -Debate on declaring independance
    -Thomas Jefferson is thr primary author of the document

  • Second Continental Congress votes for Independence

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  • The Declaration of Independence is signed!