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Continental Congress meets
. all colonies but Georgia have representatives
.voted to send a "statement of grievances"
.voted to boycott all British trade
.Patrick Henry - VA rep. urged colonists to unite against Britain -
1000s of redcoats in boston
.general Gage brings thousands of British soldiers to Boston with more on the way
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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
.battles of Lexington
-1st battle of american revolutionary war
-"shot heard round the world" -Ralph Waldo Emerson
-BRITISH Victory
.Battle of concord
-Americans sop British and forced 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 -
battle of bunker hill
.fought on breeds 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
.realized men are disorganized & need discipline
.need weapons -
"common sense" published by Thomas pain
.pamphlet inspires more colonists to become patriots
."every thing that is right or reasonable pleads for separation. the blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries, 'this time to part"-Thomas pain , common sense -
British surrenders 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
.Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document -
second continental congress votes for independence
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the declaration of independence is signed