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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 British -
1,000s of redcoats in boston
- general Gage brings thousands of British soldiers to Boston with more on the way
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midnight ride of Paul revere
Paul revere rides to warn the sons of liberty in Lexington and concord that the British are coming -
battles of Lexington and concord
battle of Lexington
- The shot heard around the world Ralph waldo Emerson
-British victory
- Americans stop British and force them to retreat back to boston
-american victory -
capture of fort Ticonderoga
-Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen capture the fort
-get all supplies in the fort including cannons
-American victory -
second continental congress meet
-prints own money
-set up post office
-created continental army led by George Washington
-set olive branch asking king to protect their rights
-king hires 30,000 hessian soldiers in response -
battle of bunker hill
-fought on breeds hill
-don't fire until u see the whites of their eyes
-British victory american ran out of ammunition British learn defeating american would not be easy -
Washington arrives on outskirts of Boston with continental troops
-realizes men are disorganized and discipline
-need weapons -
common sense published by Thomas Paine
-pamphlet inspires more colonists to become patriots
-every thing that is right or reasonable pleads for separation the blood of lain the weeping voice of nature cries TIS time to part Thomas Paine common sense -
British surrender Boston
Washington believes his army is read and weapons arrive
-Washington puts cannons on Rochester heights overlooking Boston
-British retreat
-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 interdependence
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the declaration of independence is signed
