Road To Revolution

By evievollmann

  • Boston Tea Party (12/16/1773)

    • Members of Sons of Liberty Dump over 340 chests of tea into Boston Harbor
    • "Boston harbor is a teapot tonight!"
    • caused problems for loyalists / Tories
  • First Continental Congress meets

    First Continental Congress meets

    All colonists but Georgia have representatives voted to Boycott all British Trade Patrick Henry - VA rep. urged colonists to unite against Britain.
  • 1,000's of Redcoats in Boston

    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

    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

    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
  • Capture of Fort Ticonderoga

    Capture of Fort Ticonderoga

    • Benedict Arnold & Ethan Allen capture the fort
    • Get all supplies in the fort including cannons
    • AMERICAN Victory
  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    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