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First continental congress meets
All colonies but Georgia have representitives voted to send a statement of greivience voted to boycott all British trade patrick henry - VA rep. urged colonist to unite against Britain -
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1,000's of Redcoats in boston
General Gage thousands of British soldiers to British with more on the way -
Boston tea party
members of sons of libierty dump over 340 chest of tea
in boston harbor -
midnight ride of paul revere
paul revere ride to warn the sons of liberity in lexington and concord that the britsh are coming the britsh are coming -
second continetal congress meet
Print $$$ set up post office created continetal congress army led by george washinton -
Battle of bunker hill
fought hill map dont fire unitl you see whites of their eyes -
washinton arrives on outskirts of boston with continental troops
Real men are disogranized & need discipline need weapons -
common sense " published by Thomas paine
pamphlet inspires more colonist to become patriots Every thing that is right or reasonable pleads for respireation / the blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries, TIS TIME TO PART - Thomas pain "common sense" -
british surrender boston
washington belivese his army is ready weapons arrive washington puts cannons on dorchester
heights overlooking boston British retreat - AMERICAN history -
second continental congress meets again
debate on declaring independance Thomas Jefferson is the primary aurhor of the document -
second continetal congress votes for independence
all 13 colonist vote yes on declaring
independence -
The declaration of independence is signed