Road to indepenice

By stu.Harrisa1
  • Road to Independence

    Road to Independence

    All colonist 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's 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 & Concord

    Battle of Lexington-
    -1st battle of 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

  • Capture of Fort Ticonderoga

    -Benedict Arnold & Ethan Allen capture the fort
    -Get all supplies in the fort including cannons
    -AMERICAN Victory

  • Second Continental Congress meet

    -Print $$$$
    -Set up post office
    -Created Continental Army led by George Washington
    -Sent an olive Branch asking the king to protect their rights (king hires 30,000 Hessians Soldiers in response.)

  • British Surrender Boston

    -Washington belives his army is ready & weapons arrive
    -Washington puts cannons on Dorchester Heights overlooking Boston
    -BRITISH retreat- AMERICAN Victory

  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    -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

  • Washington arrives on outskirts of Boston with Continental troops

    -Realizes men are disorganized & need discipline
    -Need weapons

  • "Common sense" published by Thomas paine

    -Pamphlet inspires more colonists to become patriots
    -"Every thing that is right or resonable

  • Second Continental Congress meet again

    -Debate on declaring independence
    -Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document

  • Second Continental Congress votes for independence

    -All 13 colonists vote YES on declaring independence
  • The Declaration of independence is signed

    The Declaration of independence is signed