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All colonies but Georgia have representatives/ Voted to send a "statement of grievances" - a list of complaints/ 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- The 1st battle of American Revolutionary War/ "Shot heard around the world" - Ralph Waldo Emerson/ BRITISH Victory
Battle of Concord - Americans stop British and force them to retreat back to Boston/ AMERICAN Victory -
-Benedict Arnold Ethan Allen capture the fort
-Get all supplies in the fort including cannons
-AMERICAN victory -
-fought on Breed's Hill map
-"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.