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1,000s of Redcoats In Bosten
General Gage brings thousands of British soldiers to Boston with more on the way. -
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 brutish and force them to retreat back to Boston
Americans Victory -
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 is coming....." -
Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
Benedict Arnold & Ethan Allen capture the fort
Get all supplies in the fort including canons
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 on Breed's Hill
"Don't Fire until you see the whites of their eyes" - William Prescott
British Victory (Americans ran out of ammunition) British learn dating -
Washington arrives on outskirts of Boston with Continental troops
Realizes men are disorganized & need discipline
Need weapons -
British Surrender Boston
Washington believes his army is ready & weapons arrive
Washington puts cannons on Orchestrate Heights overlooking Boston
BRITISH retreat - AMERICAN Victory -
"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." -
Second Continental Congress meet again
Debate on declaring independence
Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document