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Midnight Ride of Paul Revere
Paul Revere rides to warn the Son's of Liberty in Lexington and Concord that the :British are coming... The British are coming.." -
Battles of Lexington & Concord
-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 -
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 post office.
Created Continental Army led by George Washington.
Sent Olive Branch asking King to protect their rights.
-King hires 30,000 Hessian's Soldiers in response. -
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 Height overlooking Boston.
BRITISH retreat - AMERICAN Victory -
Second Continental Congress Meet Again
Debate on declaring independence.
Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document. -
Second Continental Congress votes for Independence is signed