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- All colonies but Georgia have representatives.
- Voted to send a "statement of grievances."
- Voted to Boycott all British Trade.
- Patrick Henry is the Virginia REP. urged colonists to unite against Britain.
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- General Gage brings thousands of British soldiers to Boston with more on the way.
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Paul Revere rides to warn the Sons of Liberty in Lexington and Concord the 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
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- Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen capture the fort
- Get all the supplies in the fort including cannons
- AMERICAN Victory
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- Print money
- Set up post office
- Created Continental Army led by George Washington
- Set Olive Branch asking the king to protect their rights
- King hires 30,000 Hessians Soldiers in response
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- Fought on Breed's Hill
- "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes" - William Scott
- BRITISH Victory (Americans ran out of ammunition) British learn defeating Americans would NOT be easy
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- Realizes men are disorganized and need discipline
- Needed weapons
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- Pamphlet inspires more colonists to become Patriots
- Everything that is right or reasonable pleads for separation. The blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries, `TIS TIME TO PAINE` -Thomas Part (Common Sense)
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- Washington believes his army is ready and weapons arrive
- Washington puts cannons on Dorchester Heights overlooking Boston
- British retreat - AMERICAN Victory
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- Debate on declaring independence
- Thomas Jefferson is the prime author of the document
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- All 13 colonies vote yes on declaring independence
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