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continental congress meets
All colonist but Georgia have representatives
vote to send "statement of grievances "
voted to boycott all British trade
patrick henry- VA rep. urged colonists to unite against Briten -
1,000's of redcoats in Boston
general Gage brings thousands of British solider to bosten 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 "british are comming.... the british are comming " -
Battles of Lexington & Concord
battle of Lexington-
-1st battle of the American revolutionary war
- "shot heard round the world "-Ralph Waldo Emerson
- BRITISH victory
battle of Concord
-americans stop British and force them to retreat back to Boston
-AMERICAN victory -
capture of fort ticonderoga
Benedict Amold & Ethan Allen capture the fort.
get all supplies in the fort include cannons.
AMERICAN victory. -
second continental congress meet
*print $$$
*set up a post office
*created a continental army led by George Washington
*sent olive branch asking the king to protect their rights
- king hires 30,000 Hessians soldiers in response -
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 ameriacns would NOT be easy -
wahing arrives on outskirts of bosten with Continental troops
*realizes men are disorganized & need discipline
*need weapons -
"comman sense " publish by thomas paine
oamphlet inspires more colionists to become patriots
"every thing that is right or resonable pleads for seperation. the blood of the slain the weeking voice of nature cries" 'tis time to part " - thomas paine , comman sence -
british surrender bosten
washington believes his army is ready & weapons arrive
Washington puts a cannon on Dorchester heights overlook Boston
BRITISH retreat - AMERICAN victory -
second continental congress meet again
debate on declairing independence
thomas jefferson is the prime author of the document -
second continental congress votes for independence
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the declaration of Independence is singed!