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1.All colonies but Georgia have representatives
2.Voted to send a "statement of grievances"
3.Voted to Boycott all British Trade
4.Patrick Henry-VA rep. urged colonist 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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1.Battle of Lexington-
-1st battle of American revolutionary war
-"shot heard around the world'-Ralph Waldo Emerson
-British Victory
2.Battle of Concord -
- Benedict Arnold & Ethan Allen capture the fort.
- Get all supplies in the fort including Cannons
- American victory
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1.Print $$$
2.Set up post office
3. created Continental Army led by George Washington
4. Sent Olive Branch asking the king to protect their rights
-king hires 30,000 Hessians soldiers in response -
- Debate on declaring independence
- Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document
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1.Fought on Breed's Hill
2."Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes"-William Prescott
3. British victory (Americans ran out of ammunition) British learn defeating Americans would NOT be easy. -
1.Realize men are disorganized & needs discipline
2.Need weapons -
1.pamphlet inspires more colonists to become patriots.
2."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 -
- Washington believes his army is ready & weapons arrive
- Washington puts cannon on Dorchester heights overlook Boston 3.Britsh retreat-American victory
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Everyone voted yes
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