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1000's of redcoats in boston
General Gage brings thousands of British solders 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 & concord
Battle of Lexington
-1st battle of american 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 -
Second continental congress meet
-Print money
-Set up post office
-Created continental army led by George Washington
-Sent olive breach asking king to protect their rights -
Capture of fort Ticonderoga
-Benedict Arnold & Ethan Allen capture the fort at night
-Americans capture much needed supplies and ammunition in the fort including cannons
American Victory -
The 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 learned that defeating the Americans wouldn't 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 -
Second Continental congress meet again
-Debate on declaring independence from Great Britain
-Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document -
Second Continental Congress votes for independence
-All 13 colonies vote yes declaring independence -
The Deceleration of independence is signed
