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Continental Congress Meet
All colonist but Georgia have represenatives
voted to send a "statement of grievances"
voted to boycott
patrick henry VA rep urged colonist to unite against britin -
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 worn 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 the American Revolutionary War
"shot heard around 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 fort including cannons
-AMERICAN Victory -
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 Hessian Soldiers in response -
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 -
Washington arrives on the outskirts of Boston with Continental troops
-Realizes men are disorganized & need discipline
-Need 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, ‘TIS 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 Congress meet again
-Debate on declaring independence
-Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document -
Second Continental Congress Votes for Independence
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The Declaration of Independence is signed!!!!!