Road to Revolution 5.3 and 5.4

By stu.ernsbergi
  • Apr 5, 1175

    midnight ride of Paul Revere

    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.."

  • Continental Congress meets

    Continental Congress meets
    1. All colonies but Georgia have representatives
    2. Voted to send a "statement of grievances" 3.Voted to Boycott all British Trade 4.Patrick Henry - VA rep. urged colonists to unite against Britain.

  • 1,000's of red coats in Boston

    1,000's of red coats in Boston
    General Gage brings thousands of British soldiers t Boston with more on the way.

  • Battles of Lexington & Concord

    Battles of Lexington & Concord
    -1st Battle of America Revolutionary War
    - "shot heard round the world"- Ralph Waldo Emerson
    - British Victory
    - Battle o concord-
    - Americans stop the British and force them to retreat back to Boston
    - AMERICAN Victory

  • Capture of Fort Ticonderoga

    Benedict Arnold & Ethan Allen capture the fort
    Get all supplies in the fort including cannons
    AMERICAN Victory

  • Second Continental Congress meet

    • Print $$$$
    • Set up there own Post office
    • Created Continental Army led by George Washington
    • Sent Olive Branch asking the King to protect their rights
    • King Hires 30,000 Hessian soldiers and sends them to America

  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    Fought on Breed's Hill
    "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes"-Wiliam 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 & need discipline
    • Need weapons

  • Common Sense published by Thomas Paine

    • pamphlet inspires more colonist 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 overlooking Boston 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

  • The Declaration of Independence is signed!