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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 colonists to unite against the British -
1000'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 an Concord that the "British are coming... The British are coming.." -
Battles of Lexington & Concord
-Battle of Lexington
_1st battle of American Revoloutionary War
_"shot heard round the world"-Ralph Waldo Emerson
_BRITISH Victory
-Battle of Concord
_Americans Stop British and force them to retreat back to Boston
_AMERICAN Victory