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All colonies but Georgia have representatives
Voted to Boycott all British trade
Patrick Henry - VA rep urged colonists to unite against Britain -
Pamphlet inspires more colonists to become patriots
"Every thing is right or reasonable pleads for separation. The blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries, I'TS TIME TO PART" - Thomas Paine, Common Sense. -
General Gage brings thousands of British soldiers to Boston with more on the way
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Paul Revere rides to warn the sons of liberty in Lexington concord that the "British are coming ...... British are coming"
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Battle of Lexington-
-1st battle of American Revolutionary War
- "Shot heard round the word" -Ralph Waldo Emerson
- BRITISH victory Battle of Concord-
-Americans Stop British and force them to retreat back to Boston
-AMERICAN victory -
Benedict Arnold & Ethan Allen capture the fort
Get all supplies in the fort including cannons
AMERICAN victory -
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 -
Fought on Breed's Hill
"Don't Fire until you see the whites of their eyes" - William Prescott
BRITISH victory ( American ran out of ammunition ) British learn defeating American would NOT be easy -
*Realizes men are disorganized & need discipline
*Need weapons -
Washington believes his army is ready and weapons arrive
Washington puts cannons on Dorchester Heights overlooking Boston
British retreat - AMERICAN won -
*Debate on declaring independence
*Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document -
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