Road to Revolution 5.3 & 5.4

By Stu.rosek

  • Continental Congress meets

    All colonies but Georgia has representatives
    Voted to send a "statement of grievances"
    Voted to Boycott all British Trade

  • 1,00's of Redcoats in Boston

    General Gage brings thousands of British soldiers to Boston 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 coming.... The British are coming.."

  • Second Continental Congress meet

    • Print $$$$ (money)
    • 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

  • Capture of Fort Ticonderoga

    • Benedict Arnold & Ethan Allen capture the fort
    • Americans capture much needed supplies and ammunition in the fort including cannons
    • AMERICAN Victory

  • 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 Americans would NOT be easy.

  • Washington arrives on outskirts of Boston with Continental troops

    • Realizes men are disorganized & need discipline
    • Need weapons

  • "Common Sense" published by Thomas Paine

    • 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

  • British Surrender Boston

    • Washington believes his army is ready & weapons arrive
    • Washington puts cannons on Dorchester Heights overlooking Boston
    • BRITISH retreat- AMERICAN Victory

  • Second Continental Congress meet again

    • Debate on declaring independence from Great Britain
    • Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document

  • Second Continental Congress votes for Independence

    • All 13 colonies vote YES on declaring Independence

  • The Declaration of Independence is signed!