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continetal congress meets
- All colonies but Georgia has representatives
- voted to send a "statement of grievances"
- voted boycott all British trade
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1000 of redcoats in Boston
general Gage brings thousands of British soldiers to Boston with more on the way -
midnight ride of paul revere
paul rvere 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
* Battle of concord-
-Americans stop british and force them to retreat back to boston
-AMERICAN victory -
second continental congress meet
*print money
*set up post office
*created continental army led my George Washington
* sent olive branch petition asking king George ||| to protect their rights
-king hires 30000 hessians soldiers in response -
Capture of fort Ticonderoga
- Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen capture the fort
- Americans capture much needed supplies and ammunition in the fort including cannons *American victory
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Battle of bunker hill
- Fought on breeds hill
- "dont fire until you see the whites of their eyes"- William Prescott
- BRITISH victory ( Americans ran out of ammunition) British learn defeating Americans would NOT be easy
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Washington arrives on outskirts of Boston with continental troops
- Realizes men are disorganized and need discipline
- Need weapons
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"common sense" published by Thomas Paine
- Pamphlet inspires more colonists to become patriots *" everything 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
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British surrender Boston
- Washington believes his army is ready and weapons arrive
- Washington puts cannons on dorchester heights overlooking Boston
- Brishish retreat- American victory
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Second continental congress meet again
- Debate on declaring independence
- Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document
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Second continental congress votes for independence
- All 13 colonies vote YES on declaring
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The declaration of Independence is signed
