Road to Independence

By stu.funkhousm@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 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 and Concord

    • Battle of Lexington 1st Battle of American Revolutionary War "shot heard round the world" -Ralph Waldo Emerson
    • Battle of Concord Americans stop British and force them to retreat back to Boston` American victory

  • Capture of Fort Ticonderoga

    Benedict Arnold Ethan Allen capture that fort
    Get all supplies in the fort including cannons
    AMERICAN victory

  • Battle on Bunker Hill

    fought on Breed Hill
    Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes" -William Prescott
    british victory british learned defeating americans will be hard