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-Debate on declaring independence
- Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document -
-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 -
General Gage brings thousands of British soldiers to Boston with more on the way. -
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
-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
- Battle of Lexington
-1st battle of American Revolutionary War
-" shot heard round the world" -Ralph Waldo Emerson
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- Benedict Arnold Ethan Allen capture the fort -Get all supplies in the fort including cannons -AMERICAN Victory
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-Print$$$$
-Set up post office
-Created Continental Army led by George Washington
-Sent Olive Branch asking King to protect their rights
-King hires 30,000 Hessians Soldiers in response -
-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 east. -
-Realizes men are disorganized and need discipline
-Need weapons -
-pamphlet inspires more colonists to become patriots
-" Every thing that is tight or reasonable pleads for separation. The blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries, ' TIS TIME TO PART"- Thomas Paine, Common Sense -
- Washington believes his army is ready weapons arrive -Washington puts cannons on Dorchester Heights overlooking Boston -BRITISH retreat - AMERICAN Victory
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-All 13 colonies vote YES on declaring independence
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