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all of the colonists 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. -
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
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 $$$$
set up post office
created continental army led by George Washington
sent olive branch asking king to protect their rights
king hires 30,000 hessians soldiers in response. -
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 easy. -
realizes men are disorganized and need discipline
need weapons. -
pamphlet inspires more colonists to become patriots
"every thing that is rights 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 and weapons arrive.
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 -
assembled in Philadelphia, formally adopts Richard Henry Lee's resolution for independence from Great Britain. The vote is unanimous, with only New York abstaining. ...Congress agreed to delay the vote on Lees Resolution until July 1.
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the declaration of independence was signed
