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Continental Congress agrees to meet again if the British did not address their complaint.
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Washington led his troops into Boston which surprised the British.
The British sailed away to Halifax, Nova Scotia -
Colonial protest leader Dr. Joseph Warren saw troops march out of Boston.
Joseph alerted Sons of Liberty Members Paul Revere and William Dawes. -
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 Parliament would not repeal the Intolerable Acts.
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King George sends several thousand troops to take arms from the large militia groups to have power over them, and sent 700 troops to seize and destroy all guns and ammunition. -
Washington reached the Boston area a few weeks after the Battle of Bunker Hill
Realized that the men were disorganized and lacked discipline. -
Dr.Joseph walked through Boston and saw a large group of British soldiers and went to warn the sons of liberty as Paul Revere ran on horse warning the British are coming. -
Benedict Arnold and is Connecticut militia joined forces to team with the Green Mountain Boys to take down Fort Ticonderoga, The Benedict Arnold became a traitor to the patriots and gave intel to the British. -
There were many great leaders in the meetings such as John and Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, Richard Henry Lee, and Last but not least George Washington. All old congress men showed up as well of some new ones such as Benjamin Franklin. Even though blood has been spilled from both sides they were not ready to vote to leave.
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British Redcoats assembled at Breeds hill.
Americans opened fire forcing them to retreat.
Two more times the Redcoats charged and withdrew from Breeds Hill.
Americans ran out of Gunpowder and surrendered.
The British won but had more than 1000 dead and wounded. -
Second Continental congress votes on the idea that people are born with natural rights to life liberty and property, an idea which was proposed by Locke.
12 of the colonies voted for independence except New York.
New York later showed support. -
In Worcester, Massachusetts there was a public reading of the Declaration of Independence
The reading led to cheers and firing of weapons. -
Delegates of Continental congress approved the document.
All 56 delegates signed the document. -
Benedict Arnold, once a captain in Connecticut militia, sold military information to the British. On September 1780 his crime was discovered and he fled to British-controlled New York City.