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-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 to unite against Britain -
General Gage brings thousands of British soldiers to Boston with more on the way
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Paul Revere rides to warn the Sons of Liberty in Lexington and Concord that the "British are coming... The British are coming"
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-Battle of Lexington
-1st battle of American Revolutionary War
-"shot heard round the world" -Ralph Waldo Emerson
-BRITISH Victory -
-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 Hessians soldiers in response -
-realizes men are disorganized & need discipline
-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. -
-Washington believes his army is ready & weapons arrive
-Washington puts cannons on Dorchester heights overlooking Boston
-BRITISH retreat - AMERICAN Victory -
-debate on declaring independence
-Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document -
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