First Continental Congress meets

By stu.steinmank

  • First 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 to unite against Britian

  • 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 and Concord

    -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