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:All colonies but Georgia has representatives
:voted to send a "statement of grievances"
:voted to boycott all British trade -
General Gage brings thousands of British soldiers ot Boston with more on the way. -
Paul Revere rides to warn the Sons of Liberty in
Lexington and Concord that the "British are coming... The British are coming -
Battle of Lexington
-1st battle of 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 -
Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen capture the fort
Americans capture much needed supplies and ammunition in the fort including cannons -
Print Money (change from British pounds to American dollars)
Set up a post office
Created Continental Army led by George Washington
Sent Olive Branch Petition asking King George III to protect their rights -
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 Americans would NOT be easy -
Pamphlet inspires more colonists to become patriots
"Everything 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 overlooking Boston
British retreat- AMERICAN Victory -
Debate on declaring independence
Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document -
All 13 colonies vote YES on declaring independence -
