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- All the 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
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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 that the "British are coming... The British are coming.."
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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 -
- print money
- 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
- print money
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- Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen capture the fort
- Get all supplies in the fort including cannons
- AMERICAN VICTORY
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- 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 easy
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- realizes men are disorganized and need discipline
- needs weapons
- realizes men are disorganized and need discipline
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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
- Washington believes his army is ready and weapons arrive
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- debate on declaring independence
- Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document
- debate on declaring independence
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- all 13 colonies vote YES on declaring independence
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fireworks
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- pamphlet inspires more colonists to become patriots
- "Every thing that is right or reasonable pleads for separation. The blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries, 'TIS TIME TO PART" -Thomas Paine, Common Sense
- pamphlet inspires more colonists to become patriots