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Continental Congress meets
All colonists 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 Britan -
1,000'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 and Concord that the "British are coming... The british are coming.." -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
-1st Battle of American Revolutionary War
-"shots heard round the world" -Ralph Waldo
Emerson -
Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen capture the fort.
Get all supplies in the fort including cannons.
AMERICAN Victory -
Secound Continental Congress meet
Print $$$$
Set up post office
Created Continental Army led by George Washington
Sent Olive Branch asking King to protect their rights
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Battle of Bunker Hill
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 -
"Comman Sense" published by Thomas Paine
Pamphlet inspires more colonists to become patriots
Everything that is right or reasonable pleads for seperation. The blood of slain, the weeping voice of nature -
British surrender Boston
Washington belives his army is ready and weapons arrive,
Washing ton puts cannons on Dorchester Heights overlooking Boston
BRITISH retreat- AMERICAN Victory -
Secound Continental Congress meet again
Debate on declaring independence
Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the documant -
Secound Continental Congress votes for independence
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The Declaration of Independence is signed!
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Washington arrives on outskirts of Boston with continental troops
Realizes men are editorialized and need discipline
need weapons
