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1 All colonies but Georgia have representatives.
2 Voted to send a "statement of greivances"
3 Voted to boycott all british trade.
4 Patrick Henry -VA rep. urged colonists to unite against Britian -
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.." -
1 Battle of Lexington
-first battle of American Revolutionary War
-"shot heard around the world" (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
-British victory
2 Battle of concord
-Americans Stop British and force them to retreat to Boston
-American victory -
1 Benedict Arnold Ethan Allen capture the fort
2 Get all supplies in the fort including cannons
3 American victory -
1 Print $$$$
2 Set up post office
3 Created Continental Army led by George Washington
4 Sent Olive Branch asking King to protect their rights
-King hires 30,000 Hessians Soldiers in response. -
1 fought on Breed's Hill
2 "Dont fire until you see the whites of their eyes" -William prescott
3 British victory (Americans ran out of ammunition)
4 British learn defeating Americans would NOT be easy. -
1 Realizes men are disorganized need discipline.
2 Need weapons (guns and cannons)
3 Henry Knox painstakingly transports the cannons from Fort Ticonderoga -
1 pamphlet inspires more colonists to become patriots
2 "Every thing that is right or reasonable pleads for seperation. The blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries, 'TIS TIME TO PART" - Thomas paine, Common Sense. -
1 Washington belives his army is ready weapons arrive
2 Washington puts cannons on Dorchester Heights overlooking Boston
3 British retreat- American Victory -
1 Debate on declarig independance.
2 Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document -
1 All 13 colonies vote YES on declaring independence -
