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Continental Congress meets
-All colonies but Georgia have representatives.
-Voted to send a "Statement of grievances"
-Voted to Boycott all British Trade
-Patrick Henry - VA rep. urged colonists top unite against Britain -
1000,s of Redcoats in Boston
General Gage brings 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 of Lexington & Concord
-Battle of Lexington-
+ 1st battle of American Revolutionary war
+ "Shot heard round the world" -Ralph Waldo Emerson
+BRITISH Victory
-Battle of Concord-
+Americans Stop British and force them to retreat back in 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
-Print $$$
-Set up a post office
-Created Continental Army led by George Washington
-Send Olive Branch asking King to protect their rights
+King hires 30,000 Hessians Soldiers in response -
Battle of Bunker Hill
-Fought on Breed's 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 -
Washington arrives on outskirts of Boston with Continental troops
-Realizes men are disorganized & need discipline
-Need weapons -
"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 & weapons arrived
-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
-All 13 colonies vote YES on declaring independence -
The Declaration of Independence if signed
