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- All colonies but Georgia has representatives
- voted to send a “statement of grievances”
- voted to Boycott all British Trade
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-General Gage brings thousands of British soldiers to 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.."' (Accompanied by Samuel Prescott and William Dawes) -
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
- AMERICAN Victory -
-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 -
-Benedict Arnold & Ethan Allen capture the fort
-Americans capture much needed supplies and ammunition in the fort including cannons
-AMERICAN Victory -
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 -“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 -
-Washington believes his army is ready & weapons arrive -Washington puts cannons on Dorchester Heights overlooking Boston -BRITISH retreat – AMERICAN Victory -
-All 13 colonies vote YES on declaring independence -
