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-every colonie had a representative except Georgia because they were to far and wouldn't make it in time for things
-congress discussed complaints and ''voted to send a statement of grievances ''and repealed the 13 acts of parliament
-congress voted to go against all British trade
-Patrick Henry a rep. urged colonists to come together and go against britian -
-Gage the general brings thousands of British to go against colonists with even more British on the way to Boston -
battle of Lexington
-the first battle of the revolution
-everyone found out around the world and called it ''shot heard around the world''-Ralph waldo Emerson
-British wins
battle of concord
-Americans shoot from behind the British making them retreat to Boston
-american win -
-Paul rides his horse to Lexington and concord to warn sons of liberty that the British are coming to fight -
-Benedict Arnold captures fort Ticonderoga with Ethan Allen
-took all the supplies especially cannons into the fort
-Americans win -
-all the colonies make there own money or print them
-making a post office for each colonies
-they quickly created the continental army to go against British (led by Washington )
-made olive branch to ask king to protect rights in the congress after battles
~king hires 30,000 hessian soldiers after congress wanted rights protected -
-the battle took place on breeds hill
-William Prescott said''dont fire until you see the whites of there eyes''meaning dont stop firing till there dead or kill them
-British win because americans dident have anymore ammo to use and britian realize fighting Americans will be hard -
-Washington notices men are unorganized and arent easy to train fast and in need of discipline
-had barely any weapons needed some -
-pamplet inspires colonists to go to the other side and go against the other colonists
-thomas paines common sense writing is all about how we should part and not let people die -
-Washington trains his army and thinks they are ready and more weapons come
-Washington put cannons on dorchester heights overlooking Boston to make it easier to kill British
-British turn back making Americans win and have victory -
-every colonie votes for independence now making it more fair -
