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Continental Congress meets
-All colonies but Georgia have representatives
-Voted to send a "statement or grievances"
-Voted to Boycott all British Trade
-Patrick Henry-VA.rep urged colonists to unite against Britain -
1,000's of Redcoats in Boston
General Gage beings thousands of British soldiers 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" -
Battles or Lexington and Concord
-Battle or Lexington- 1st battle of American Revolutionary War
-shot heard all around the world"- Ralph Waldo Emerson
-British Victory
-Battle of Concord-Americans Stop British and force them to retreat back to Boston -
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
-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 -
Battle of Bunker hill
-Fought of 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 defeating Americans would NOT be easy -
Washington arrives on outskirts of Boston with Continental troops
-Realizes men are disorganized and need discipline
-Need weapons -
"Common Sense" published by Thomas Paine
-pamphlet inspires more colonists to become more patriots
-"Every thing that is right response 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 and weapons arrive
-Washington puts cannons on Dorchester 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 Independence
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The Declaration of Independence is signed
