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Continental Congress Meet
Every single colony came except Georgia. Patrick Henry begged the colonists to go against the Britain. Boycotted the British Trade. -
1000's Red Coats in Boston
Thomas Gage brought thousands of his British for them to come with him to Boston, and more on their way. -
Midnight ride of Paul Revere
This is about how Paul Revere rode to warn the Sons of Liberty that the British is coming while they were in Lexington and Concord -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
This war was the first ever battle of American Revolutionary War. The British won. During the battle of Concord the Americans stopped the British to retreat and go back to Boston. American won this war. -
Capture if Fort Ticonderoga
The Americans won this. They got all the supplies including the cannons. Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen captured the fort. -
Second Continental congress meet
The Second Continental Congress meet printed money and set up a post office. They created continental army by George Washington . Olive Branch asked the king for him to protect their rights. The King hired 30,000 Hessian soldiers to respond to them. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
They fought on breeds hill. The British won because the Americans ran out of ammunition. The British learned that the Americans were not an easy beat. -
Washington arrives on outskirts of Boston with Continental troops
Realized that the men where disorganized and needed rules. They needed equipment. -
"Common Sense" published by Thomas Paine
Pamphlet inspires more colonists to become patriots. -
British Surrender Boston
Washington believed his army is ready so the weapons & equipment arrived to march into battle. Washington puts cannons on Dorchester Heights overlooking Boston. British-Retreat -American won -
Second Continental congress meet again
Debate on declaring independence. Thomas Jefferson is the one who worked on the writing of the Declaration of Independence. -
Second Continental Congress votes for Independence
All of the colonies vote YES on declaring for Independence.