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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. -
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 & Ethan Allen capture the fort
-Get all supplies in the fort including cannons
-AMERICAN Victory -
-Print $$$$
-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 (Americans ran out of ammunition) British learn defeating Americans would Not be easy. -
-Realizes men are disorganized & need discipline
-Need weapons -
-pamphlet inspires more colonists 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 & 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 -
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