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ALL COLONIST BUT GEORGIA HAVE REPRESENTATIVES.
VOTED TO SEND A STATEMENT OF GRIEVANCES.
VOTED TO BOYCOTT ALL BRITISH TRADE.
PATRICK HENRY-VA REP. URGED COLONIST TO UNITE AGAINST BRITAIN. -
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" -RALPH WALDO EMERSON
-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 -
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set up post office
created continental army led by George Washington
sent olive branch asking king to protect their rights
-king hires 30,000 hessians soldiers in response -
fought on breed's hill
"don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes"-William Prescott
British victory Britain learn defeating Americans would not be easy -
realizes men are disorganized and need discipline
need weapons -
PAMPHLET INSPIRES MORE COLONIST TO BECOME PATRIOTS
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,common sense -
Washington believes his army is ready and weapons arrive
Washington puts cannons on Dorchester heights over looking Boston
american victory -
debate on declaring independence
Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document -
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