Road to Revolution 5.3 5.4

By David Sorensen

  • First 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

  • 1,000's of Redcoats in Boston

    General Gage brings thousands of British soldiers to Boston with more on the way

  • 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 and Concord

    -Battle of Lexington- 1st battle of American Revolutionary War- "shot heard round the world" -Ralph Waldo Emerson
    -British victory
    Battle of Concord-
    -Americans stop the British and force them to retreat back to Boston
    - American British

  • Capture of Fort Ticonderoga

    • Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen capture the fort
    • Get all supplies in the fort including cannons -American Victory

  • Second Continental Congress meet

    -Printing own money
    -Set up post office
    -Create the Continental Army led by George Washington
    -Sent Olive Branch asking King to protect their rights
    King hires 30,000 Hessian Soldiers in response

  • Washington arrives on the outskirts of Boston with Continental troops

    -Realizes men are disorganized and need discipline
    -Needs weapons

  • "Common Sense" published by Thomas Paine

    -Pamphlet inspires more colonist to become patriots
    -"Everything that is right or reasonable pleads for separation. The blood of the slain, the weeping voices of nature cries, 'TIS TIME TO PART"- Thomas Paine, Common Sense

  • British Surrender Boston

    -Washington believes that his army is ready and the 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

    -All 13 colonies vote YES on declaring independence

  • The Declaration of Independence is signed