road to evolution 5.3 & 5.4

By Stu.mcphailm@mishawaka.k12.in.us
  • Continental Congress meets

    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 british.
  • 1,000's of Redcoats in boston

    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

    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

    Battles of Lexington and Concord

    battle of lexington
    - 1st battle of american revolutionary war
    - "the shot heard around the world"- Ralph Waldo Emerson
    - BRITISH victory.
    battle of concord
    - Americans Stop British and force them to retreat back to Boston.
    - AMERICAN victory.

  • Capture of Fort Ticonderoga.

    • Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen capture the fort.
    • get all the supplies in the fort including cannons.
    - AMERICAN victory

  • Second Continental Congress meet

    • Print $$$
    • Set up post office.
    • Created Continental Army led by George Washington.
    • Sent Olive Branch asking King to protect their rights.
    - King hired 30,000 Hessians Soldiers in response.
  • Battle of bunker hill

    Battle of bunker hill

    • faught 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.

  • Washington arrives on outskirts of Boston with Continental troops.

    • Realizes men are disorganized and need discipline.
    - Needs weapons.

  • British Surrender Boston

    • Washington Beleives his army is ready and weapons arrive.
    • Washington puts cannons on Dorchester Heights over looking Boston.
    - BRITISH retreat- AMERICAN Victory.

  • Second Continental Congress meet again

    • Debate on declaring independance.
    - Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document.

  • Second Continental Congress votes for independence.

    • unanimously voted yes.

  • The Decloration of Independence is signed!

  • "Common Sense" published by Thomas Paine

    • pamphlet inspires more colonists to become partriots.
    • " Every thing that is right or reasonable pleades for seperation. The blood of the sain, the weeping voice of nature cries, 'TIS TIME TO PART" -Thomas Paine, Common Sense.