Road of Revolution 5.3 & 5.4

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

  • 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 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

    -Battle of Lexington
    -First 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 bact 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

  • The Battle of Bunker Hill

    -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.

  • Second Continental Congress meet again

    -Debate on declaring independence
    -Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document

  • The Declaration of Independence is signed