-
Continental Congress Meets
- All colonies but Georgia have representatives * voted to send a " statement of grievances" * Voted to boycott all British Trade * Patrick Henry - VA rep. urged colonists to unite against Britain
-
1,000s 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 America Revolutionary 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
-
Second Continental Congress meet
- Print $$$
- Set up post office
- created Continental Army led by George Washington
- Sent Olive Branch asking King to protect their rights
- King hires 30,000 Hessians Soldiers in responses
-
Battle of Bunker Hill
- fought on Breed's Hill
- "Don't Fire until you see the whites of their eyes" -William Prescott
-
Washington arrives on outskirts of Boston with Continental troops
- realizes men are disorganized & need discipline
- Need more weapons
-
" Common Sense" Published by Thomas Paine
- Pamphlet inspires more colonists 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
- Wahington puts cannons on Dorchester Heights overlooking Boston
- British retreat - American Victory
-
Second Continental Congress meet again
- Debate on Declaring Independent
- Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document
-
Second Continental Congress Votes for independence
-
The Declaration of independence is signed!
