Road to Independence

By Stu.shipleya1@mishawaka.k12.in.us

  • 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 Britain

  • 1,000'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 & Concord

    • 1st battle of the American Revolutionary war
    • "shot heard round the world" - Ralph Waldo Emerson
    • BRITISH victory
    • Battle of Concord-
    • Americans stop the British and force them to retreat back to Boston
    • AMERICAN victory

  • Capture of Fort Ticonderoga

    • Benedict Arnold Ethan Allen capture the fort
    • Get all supplies in the fort including cannons
    • AMERICAN victory

  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    • Fought on Breed's Hill Map
    • "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