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- All colonies have representatives except Georgia
- Voted to Boycott all British trade and to send a "statement of grievances -Patrick Henry - VA rep. urged colonists to unite against Britain
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- General Gage brings thousands of British soldiers to Boston with more on the way
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Paul Revere rides to warn the Sons of Liberty in Lexington and Concord that the "British are coming... The British are coming.."
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Battle of Lexington - 1st battle of American Revolutionary War
"Shot heard round world" - Ralph Waldo Emerson
British Victory Battle of Concord - Americans Stop British and force them to retreat back to Boston
America won -
- Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen capture the fort
- Get all supplies in the fort including cannons
- American Victory
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- Fought on Breed's Hill
- "Don't Fire until you see the whites of their eyes" - William Prescott
- British Win (Americans ran out of Ammo) British learn defeating Americans would not be early
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Realizes men are disorganized and need discipline
Need weapons -
Pamphlet inspires more colonists to become patriots
"Every thing that is right or reasonable pleads for separation. The blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries, ‘TIS TIME TO PART." —from Common Sense, 1776 -
- Washington believes his army is ready is ready and weapons arrives
- Washington puts cannons on Dorchester Heights overlooking Boston
- British retreat AMERICAN VICTORY
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- Debate on declaring independence
- Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of document
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