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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... the British are coming... -
battles of lexington and concord
battle of Lexington
1st battle of american revolutionary war
shot heard round the world Ralph waldo Emerson
British victory
battles of concord 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
Print money
set up office
created continental army led by George Washington
Sent Olive Branch asking King to protect their rights
King hired 30,000 Hessian's Soldiers in response -
Battle Of Bunker Hill
Fought of breeds hill
don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes-William Prescott
British victory Americans tan out of ammunition British learn defeating Americans would not be easy -
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 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 AMERICA VICTORY -
Washington arrives on outskirts of Boston with Continental troops
Realizes men are disorganized and need discipline
Need weapons -
Second Continental Congress meet again
Debate on declaring independence
Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document -
Second Continental Congress votes for independence
All 13 colonies votes YES on declaring independence -
The Declaration of Independence is signed!
They celebrate the 4th of July -
1,000's of redcoats in boston
general Gage beings thousands of British soldiers to Boston with more on the way -
first continetal congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British Colonies, that met to deal with the Intolerable Acts. Georgia was the only colony that did not send a representative to the Congress. They agreed to boycott British goods at first, if Parliment would not repeal the Intolerable Acts. -
Notes
great britain needed money to pay for french and indian war and the cost of still defending the colonist from indian attacks
indirect tax out of sight = out of mind duties on molasses and sugar