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Continental congress meets
All colonies but Georgia have representatives
voted to send a 'statment of grivances
voted to boycott
Patrick Henry-VA rep,urged colonist to unite against brittian -
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 ."the British is coming the British is coming -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
Battle of Lexington
1st Battle of America Revolutionary war
"shoot heard around the world" -Ralph Waldo Emerson
British victory
Battle of Concord
Americans Stop british and force them to start to retreat to Boston
AMERICAN VICTORY -
Capture of of Fort Ticonderoga
Benedict Arnold & Ethan Allen capture the fort
Get all supplies in the fort including cannons
AMERICAN Victory -
Second Continental Congress meets
Print there on money
Set up a post office
Created the continental Army lead by George Washington
Sent a Olive Branch asking King to protect their rights
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Battle of Bunker Hill
Fought on Breed's 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. -
Washington arrives on outskirts of Boston with Continental troops
Realizes men are disorganized & need discipline
Needs weapons -
"Common sense"Published by Thomas Paine
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 -
British Surrender to Boston
Washington Believes his army is ready & weapons arriveWashington puts cannons on Dorchester heights Overlooking Boston
Brittish- American vitory -
Second Continental Congress meets Again
Debate on declaring Independence
Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document -
Second Continental Congress votes for independence
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The Declaration of Independence is sighed!
