Road to Revolution 5.3 & 5.4

By Stu.juarezx@mishawaka.k12.in.us

  • 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

  • 1,000's of Redcoats in Boston

    General Gage brings thousands of British soldiers to Boston with on the way.

  • Midnight ride of Paul Revere

    Paul Revere 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 Revolutionary War
    -"shot heard round the world"-Ralph Waldo Emerson
    -BRITISH VICTORY

  • Cature of Fort Ticonderoga

    -Benedict Arnold & Ethan Allen capture the fort
    -Get all supplies in the 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 Hessians Soldiers in response

  • Washington arrives on outskirts of Boston with Continental troops

    -Realizes men are disorganized & need discipline
    -Need weapons

  • 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 independece
    -Thomas Jefferson is the prin

  • Second Continental Congress votes for independence

  • The Declaration of Independence is signed!