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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.." -
-Battle of Lexington
-First battle of the revolutionary war
-"Shot heard round the world" -Ralph Waldo Emerson
-BRITISH Victory
-Battle of Concord
-Americans stop British and force them to return back to Boston
-AMERICAN Victory -
-Print $$$$
-Set up post office
-Created Continental Army led by George Washington
-Send Olive Branch asking King to protect their rights
-King hired 30,000 Hessian Soldiers in response -
-Benedict Arnold Ethan Allen capture the fort
-Get all supplies in the fort including cannons
-AMERICAN Victory -
-Fought on Breeds Hill
-"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. -
-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 weeping 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 -
-Debate on declaring independence
-Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document -
-All 13 colonies vote YES on declaring independence -
-Hooray