Road to evolution 5.3 and 5.4

Continental congress meets

Sep 5, 1774

all colonies have representative except Georgia
voted to send a state of grievances
voted to boycott all British trades

1,000´s of redcoats in Boston

Apr 1, 1775

General Gage brings thousands of British solders to Boston with more on the way

Midnight ride of Paul Revere

Apr 18, 1775

Paul Revere rides to warn the Sons of Liberty in Lexington and Concord that the ¨British are coming... the British are coming¨

Battle of Lexington & Concord

Apr 19, 1775

Battle of Lexington
- 1st battle of american revolutionary war
- ¨shot hear around the world¨ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Battle of concord
- Americans stop British and force them to retreat back to Boston

Capture of fort Ticonderoga

May 10, 1775

Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen capture the fort
Americans capture much needed supplies and ammunition in the fort including cannons
American victory

Second Continental Congress meet

May 10, 1775

• Print money
• Set up post office
• Created continental army led by George Washington
• Send Olive Branch Petition asking King George ||| to protect their rights
• King hires 30,000 Hessian's solders in response

Battle of Bunker hill

Jun 16, 1775

fought on breed´s hill
¨Don´t fire until you see the whites of there eyes¨ William Prescott
BRITISH Victory (Americans ran out of ammunition)
British learn that defeating Americans would Not be easy

Washington arrives on outskirts of Boston with Continental troops

Jul 15, 1775

• Realizes men are disorganized and need discipline
• Need weapons

¨Common Sense¨ published by Thomas Paine

Jan 10, 1776

• pamphlet inspires more colonist to become patriots
• ¨everything that is right or reasonable pleads separation. The blood of the slain the weeping voice of nature cries, ´TIS TIME TO PART¨ - Thomas Paine, Common sense

British Surrender Boston

Mar 17, 1776

• Washington believes his army is ready and weapons arrive
• Washington puts cannons on Dorchester heights overlooking Boston
• British retreat - American Victory

Second Continental Congress meet again

Jun 15, 1776

• debate on declaring independence
• Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document

Second Continental Congress votes for independence

Jul 2, 1776

• All 13 colonies vote YES on declaring independence

The decloration of independence is signed

Jul 4, 1776