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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 - VA rep. urged colonist to unite against Britain
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- 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 round the world" - Ralph Waldo Emerson
- BRITISH VICTORY
- Battle of Concord
- Americans stop the British and force them to retreat back to Boston
- AMERICAN VICTORY
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- Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen capture the fort
- Got all the supplies in the fort including cannons
- AMERICAN VICTORY
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- Print $$$$
- Set up own post office
- Created Continental Army led by George Washington
- Sent Olive Branch asking King to protect their rights
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- Fought on Breed's 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 so easy.
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- Realizes men are disorganized and need discipline
- Need weapons
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- Pamphlet inspires more colonists to become patriots
- "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
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- Washington believes his army is ready and weapons arrive
- Washington puts cannons on Dorchester Heights overlooking Boston
- BRITISH RETREAT - AMERICAN VICTORY
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- Debate on declaring independence
- Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document
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- Votes for Independence
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