Road to Revolution 5.3 & 5.4

By Jacob Stanton

  • Continental Congress Meets

    All colonies but Georgia has representatives. They voted to send a "statement of grievances." They also voted to Boycott all British Trade. Patrick Henry- VA rep. urged colonists to unite against Britian
  • 1,000's of Redcoats in Boston

    1,000's of Redcoats in Boston

    General Gage brings thousands of British soldiers to Boston with more on the way.
  • Midnight Ride of Paul Revere

    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.."

  • Battles of Lexington & Concord

    Battle of Lexington-
    - 1st battle of American Revolutionary War
    -"shot heard round the world" - Ralph Waldo Emerson
    -BRITISH Victory
    Battle of Concord
    -Americans stop and force them to retreat back to Boston
    -AMERICAN Victory
  • Capture of Fort Ticonderoga

    Capture of Fort Ticonderoga

    Benedict Arnold & Ethan Allen capture the fort.
    Get all supplies in the fort including cannons .
    AMERICAN Victory.

  • Second Continental Congress Meet

    Print $$$$$$.
    Set up a post office.
    Created the Continental Army led by George Washington.
    Sent Olive Branch asking King to protect their rights.
    King hires 30,000 Hessians (Germany) Soldiers in response.

  • The 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 and needs discipline.
    They really needed weapons.
  • "Common Sense" Published by Thomas Paine

    "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."
    —from Common Sense, 1776

  • British Surrender Boston

    Washinton believes his army and weapons arrive.
    Washington puts his cannons on Dorchester Heights overlooking Boston.
    British Retreat-American Victory.
  • Second Continental Congress Meet Again

    Second Continental Congress Meet Again

    Debate on declaring independence.
    Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document.

  • Second Continental Congress Votes for Independence.

    They voted for independence on July 2, 1776

  • The Declaration of Independence is Signed

    The Declaration of Independence is signed. Thomas Jefferson wrote his name first making it big so that the king could see it without his glasses.