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*all colonies but Georgia av representatives.
*voted to a statement of 'greavences'
*voted to boycott all British trade
* Patrick Henry - VA 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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*lexington
-1st battle of american revolutionary war
-"shot heard around the world"
-British victory
*battle of concord
-Americans stop British and force them to retreat back to Boston
-American victory -
*benedict arnold and Ethan Allen capture the fort
*get all supplies in the fort including cannons
*american victory -
*print money
*set up post office
*created continental army led by George washington
*sent olive branch asking king to protect their rights -
*fought on breed's hill
*"dont fire until you see the whites of their eyes" william prescott
*British victory (americans ran out of ammunition) -
*realizes men are disorganized and need discipline
*need weapons -
*Pamphlet inspires more colonists to become partiots
*¨every thing 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 -
*Washington beleives his army is ready and weapons will arrive
*Washington puts cannons on Dorchester heights overlooking Boston
*British retreat. American victory -
*debate on declarence of independance
*thomas jefferson is the primary author of the document -
