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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 colonist to unite against Britian -
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 America Revolutionary War
-"Shot heard round the world"-Ralph Waldo
-BRITISH Victory
Battle of Concord
-Americans Stop british and force them to retreat back to boston -
Capture 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 -
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 outskirts of Boston with Continental troops
-Relizes men are disorganized & and need discipline
-need weapons -
"Common sense" published by Thomas Paine
-pamphlet inspires more colonist 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
