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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
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General Gage brings thousands of British soldiers to Boston with more on the way
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Paul Revere rides to warn the Sons of Liberty in Lexington and Concord that the "British are coming....The British are coming"
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Battle of Lexington-
-1st battle of American Revolutionary War
-shot heard around the world
-British victory Battle of Concord
- Americans stop British and force them to retreat back to Boston
- American Victory -
-Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen capture the fort
- Get all supplies in the fort including cannons
- American Victory -
-Print money
-set up post office
-created the continental army led by George Washington
- sent olive branch asking king to protect their rights
-king hires 30,000 hessian soldiers in response -
-fought on breeds hill
- don't fire till you see the Whites of there eyes.
-British victory ( Americans ran out of ammunition) British learn defeating Americans would not be easy -
-realizes men are disorganized and need discipline
-need weapons -
-"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
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-Washington believes his army is ready and weapons arrive
-Washington puts cannons o orchestrate heights overlooking Boston
-British retreat- american victory -
-Debate on declaring independence
-Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document -
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