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-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 -
-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 and Concord that the "British are coming... The British are coming.."
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Battle of Lexington
-1st Battle of American Revolutionary 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 -
-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 Hessians Soldiers in response -
-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. -
-Realizes men are disorganized & need discipline
-Need weapons -
- Pamphlry 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
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-Washington believes his army is ready & weapons arrive
-Washington puts cannons on Dorchester Heights overlooking Boston
-British retreats - AMERICAN Victory -
- Debate on declaring independence
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