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Colonial congress meets
All colonest but georgia have representatives
Voted to send a “statemeva nt of grievances”
Voted to boycott all british trade
Patric henry - va rep urged colonists to unite against britain -
1,000 of red-cotes in botanist
general Gage brings thousands of British soldiers to Boston with moor on the way -
midnight ride of pal revere
pale revere rides to worn the sons of liberty in Lexington and concord that "the British are coming... the British are coming" -
Battles of Lexington & concord
battle of Lexington
1st battle of American revolutionary war
"shot heard around the world" Ralph waldo Emerson
British victory
battle of concord
Americans stop the British and force them to retreat back to Boston
AMERICAN victory -
capture of fort Ticonderoga
Benedict Arnold & Ethan Allen capture the fort
get all supplies in the fort including cannons
AMERICAN victory -
second continental congress meet
print money
set up post office
created continental army led by gorge Washington
sent olive branch asking king to protect there rights
-king hires 30000 hessian soldiers in response -
battle of bunker hill
fought on breeds hill
"don"t fire until you see their whites of there eyes" William Prescott
British victory (Americans ran out of ammunition)British learned that difiting amarians wold NOT be easy -
Washington arrives on outskirts of Boston with continental troops
realized men are disorganized and need discipline
needs weapons -
"common sense" published by Thomas Paine
pamphlet inspires moor colones to become patriots
"everything that is right or responsible pleads fore separation the blood of the slain the weeping voice of nature cries 'TIS TIME TO PART' - Thomas Paine common sense -
second continental congress meet again
debate on declaring indapendince
tohomas jefferson is the primary author of indapendince -
the deceleration of Independence is sines
