Road to Revolution 5.3 & 5.4

By stu.richterj

  • Continental Congress Meets

    -All colonies but Georgia have representatives.
    -Voted to send a "statement of grievances"
    -Voted to boycott all British trade
    -Patrick Henry - VA rep urged colonist to unite against Britain

  • 1,000's of Redcoats in Boston

    1,000's of Redcoats in Boston
    -General Gage brings thousands of British soldiers to Boston with more on the way.

  • Second Continental Congress Meet

    -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 Hessian Soldiers in response

  • Capture of Fort Ticonderoga

    Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
    -Benedict Arnold & Ethan Allen capture the fort
    -Get all supplies in the fort including cannons
    -American Victory

  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    Battle of Bunker Hill
    -Fought on Breed's Hill
    -"Don't follow til you see the whites of her eyes" - William 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 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

  • British Surrender Boston

    -Washington believes his army is ready & Weapons arrive
    -Washington puts cannons on Dorchester Heights overlooking Boston
    -British retreat -- American Victory

  • Second Continental Congress Meets 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

    THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE IS SIGNED

  • 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..."

  • Battles of Lexington and Concord

    Battles of Lexington and Concord
    -Battle of Lexington - 1st battle of the Revolutionary War
    - "Shot heard around the world" -Ralph Waldo Emerson
    - British victory -Battle of Concord
    -Americans stop British and force them to retreat back to Boston
    -American Victory