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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 fort.
-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
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- Realizes men are disorganized need discipline
- Need weapons
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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 the nature cries, 'TIS TIME TO PART" -
- Washington believes his army is ready weapons arrive
- Washington puts cannons on December 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 13 colonies vote YES to declaring Independence
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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 the British and force them to retreat back to Boston.
-AMERICAN victory -
-Fought on Breed's Hill
-"Don't Fire until you see the whites of their eyes" -William Prescott
-BRITISH victory (American ran out of ammunition) British learn defeating Americans would NOT be easy.