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Continental Congress Meets
- All colonies have representatives accept Georgia
- Voted to send a "statement of grievences"
- Voted to boycott all British goods
- Patrick Henry- Va rep. urged colonists to fight against Britain
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1,000's of Redcoats in Boston
General Gage brings 1,000's of British soldiers to Boston with more on the way -
Midnight Ride Paul Revere
Paul Revere rides to warn the Sons of Liberty in Lexington and Concord that the British are coming -
Battle's of Lexington and Concord
Battle of Lexington
-1st battle of the Revolutionary war
- "shot heard around the world"- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Battle of Concord
- Americans stop British and force them to retreat
- American victory -
Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
- Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen
- Get all the supplies in the fort including cannons
- American Victory
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Second Continental Congress Meet
-Print $$$
- Setting up a post office
- They created a continental army led by George Washington
- Sent Olive Branch asking King to protect their rights
- King hires 30,000 Hessian soldiers in return -
Battle of Bunker Hill
-Fought on Breeds hill
- Don't fire until you see the whites of there eyes
- British Victory -
Washington Arrives on the Outskirts of Boston
- Realizes men are disorganized
- Needs weapons
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"Common Sense" by Thomas Paine
-pamphlet helps other colonists become patriots
writes everything that is right and reasonable -
British Surrender Boston
-Washington believes his army is ready and the weapons arrive
- Washington puts cannons on Dorchester heights
- American victory -
Second Continental Congress Meet again
- Debate on declaring independence
- Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document
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Second Continental Congress votes fro Independence
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Declaration of Independence is signed
