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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 (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. -
~ Benedict Arnold Ethan Allen capture the for.
~ Get all supplies in the fort including cannons
~ AMERICAN VICTORY -
~ 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 Hessian Soldiers in response. -
~ Fought on Breed's Hill
~ Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes - William Prescott
~ BRITISH VICTORY
~ Americans run out of ammunition
~ The British learn defeating the Americans would not be easy -
~ Realizes men are disorganized need discipline
~ Need weapons -
~ Pamphlet inspires more colonists to become patriots.
~ "Every thing that is right or reasonable pleads for separation. The blood of the slain, the weep 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 -
~ Battle of Lexington : 1st battle of the 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 -
~ Debate on declaring independence
~ Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document -
~ All 13 colonies vote YES on declaring Independence -
