-
-all colonies but Georgia has representatives.
-voted to send a "statement of grievances".
-voted a boycott all British trade -
General Gage brings thousands of British soldiers to Boston with more on the way. -
Paul Revere rides to warn the Sons of Liberty in Lexington and Concord that the "British are coming… The British are coming.." -
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 to Boston
AMERICAN Victory -
-Print money
-Set up post office
-created continental Army led by George Washington -
Benedict Arnold & Ethan Allen capture the fort at night
Americans capture much needed supplies and ammunition in the fort including cannons
AMERICAN Victory -
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 defeating Americans would NOT be easy -
-Realizes men are disorganized
-need weapons -
-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 -
-Washington beleives his army is ready & weapons arrive
-Washington puts cannons on Dorchester heights overlooking Boston
-BRITISH retreat-American Victory -
-Debate on declaring independence from Great Britain
-Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document -
All 13 colonies vote YES on declaring independence -
