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First 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 more on the way. -
The 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" -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
Battle of Lexington:
-1st battle of 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 -
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 sent 30,000 Hessians Soldiers in response -
Capture fort Ticonderoga
Benedict Arnold & Ethan Allen capture the fort
Get supplies in the fort including cannons
AMERICAN Victory -
Battle of bunker hill
Fought at breeds hill
"Dont 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
Realizes men are disorganized and need discipline
need weapons -
"Common Sense" 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 over looking 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
all 13 colonies vote YES for declaring independence -
The declaration of independence is signed
