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- All colonies but Georgia has 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..."
- accompanied by Samuel Prescott and William Dawes (the ones who actually rode until midnight)
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Battle of Lexington
- 1st battle of American Revolutionary War
- "shot heard around the world" - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Battle of Concord
- American stop British and force them to retreat back to Boston
-American Victory -
- Benedict Arnold & Ethan Allen capture the fort at night
- Americans capture much needed supplies and ammunition in the fort including cannons
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- Print money
- Set up a post office
- Created Continental Army led by George Washington
- Sent Olive Branch asking King to protect their rights
- King hires 30,000 Hessian Soldiers in response
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- fought on Breed's Hill
- "Don't Fire unitl you see the whites of their eyes" - William Prescott
- British Victory (Americans ran out of ammunition) British learn defeating Americans would NOT be easy.
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- realizes men are disorganized & need discipline
- need weapons
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- Pamphlet inspires more colonists to become Patriots
- "Everything 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
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- Washington believes his army is ready & weapons arrive
- Washington puts cannons on Dorchester Heights overlooking Boston
- British retreat - American Victory
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- Debate on declaring independence from Great Britain
- Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document
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- All 13 colonies vote YES on declaring independence
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