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all colonies but Georgia have representatives
voted to send a "statement of grievances"
voted to boycott all British Trade
Patrick Henry - V.A rep. urged colonists to unite against Britain -
General Gage brings thousands of British soldiers to Boston with more on the way
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Paul Revere rides to warn the Sons of Liberty in Lexington and Concord that the "British are coming ... the British are coming!"
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Battle of Lexington - 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 -
Benedict Arnold & Ethan Allen capture the fort
get all supplies in the fort including cannons
AMERICAN VICTORY -
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 Soldiers in response -
fought on Breeds Hills
"don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes" - William Prescott
BRITISH VICTORY (Americans ran out of ammunition) British learn defeating the Americans would NOT be easy -
Realizes men are disorganized & need discipline
need weapons -
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 , ' TIS TIME TO PART" - Thomas Paine , Common Sense -
Washington believes his army is ready & weapons
Washington puts cannons on Dorchester Heights overlooking Boston
British retreat AMERICAN VICTORY -
debate on declaring independence
Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document -
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