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Continental Congress meet
All colonies but Georgia have represented
Voted to send a "statement of grievances
Voted to Boycott all British trade
Patrick Henry -VA rep.urged colonist 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 Sons of the liberty in Lexington and Concord that the "British are coming the British are coming -
Battle of Lexington
-battle of Lexington
-1st battle of American Revolutionary war
-"shot heard round the world "-Ralph Waldo Emerson
-British victory -
Battle of Bunker hill
forgot on Breed's hill, British victory they learened it would not be easy defeating American's , Don't fire till you see the whites of their eyes-William Prescott