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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 British
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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 -
- First 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!
- Americans stop British and force them to retreat
back to Boston
- Battle of Lexington -
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- Printing their own money
- Set up post office
- Created a Continental Army led by George Washington
- Sent Olive Branch asking King to protect their rights
- King hires 30,000 Hessian Soldiers in response
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- Benedict Arnold Ethan Allen capture the fort
- Get all supplies in the fort including cannons
- American Victory!
- Benedict Arnold Ethan Allen capture the fort
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- Fought on Breed's Hill
- "Don't fire until you see the whites in their eyes" -
William Prescott
- British Victory! (Americans ran out of ammunition) British learn defeating Americans would NOT be easy
- "Don't fire until you see the whites in their eyes" -
William Prescott
- Fought on Breed's Hill
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- Realizes men are disorganized need discipline
- Needs 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 part!" - Thomas Paine - Common Sense
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- Washington believes his army is ready 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 primary author of the document
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- All colonies voted in support
- New York did not vote, but later announced it's support
- All colonies voted in support
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- 4th of July!