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All colonists but Georgia have representation
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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Battle of Lexington...
-1 Battle American Revolutionary War
-"Shot heard around the world"- Ralph Walsh Emerson
-BRITISH victory
Battle of Concord
-Americans stop British and force them to retreat back to Boston -
Benedict Amold & Ethan Allen capture the fort
-Get all supplies in the fort including cannons
-AMERICAN 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 Hessian Soldiers in response -
-Fought on Breeds hill
-"Don't fire till you 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 & needs discipline
Needs weapons -
Pamphlet inspires more colonists to become patriots
"Everything that right or reasonable pleads for separation. The blood of the slain,the weeping of nature voice cries, "ITS TIME TO PART"-Thomas Paine, Common Sense -
Debate on declaring independence
Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document -
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