Road to independance

First continental congress meets

Sep 5, 1773

• all colonists but Georgia has representitives
• Voted to send a 'statement of grievances"
• Voted to boycott all british trade
• patrick henry- VA rep. Urged colonists to unite against britain

Thousands of redcoats in boston

Apr 1, 1775

General Gage brings thousands of british soldiers to Boston with more on the way

Battles of lexington and concord

Apr 19, 1775

-1st battle of american revolutionary war
-shot heard around the world
- British victory
Battle of concord
-Americans stop british and force them to retreat back to boston
-American victory

Capture of Fort Ticonderoga

May 10, 1775

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

Battle of Bunker hill

Jun 16, 1775

• Fought on Breed's hill map
• "Don't fire until you see whites of their eyes"- William Prescott
• British victory (Americans ran out of ammunition) British learn defeating Americans would NOT be easy.