Road to Independance

By stu.mortimora1@mishawaka.k12.in.us

  • First 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 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 - 1st 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 back to Boston
    • AMERICAN Victory