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All colonies but Georgia have representatives
vote to send a "state of grievances'
BOTED TO BOYCOTT all British trade
Patrick henry -VA urged colonists to unite against britan -
Generall gage brings thousands of British soldiers to Boston with more on the way
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Paul revere rides to warn SONS OF LIBERTY IN lEXINGTON AND cONCORD THAT THE "british are coming
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1st battle of American Revolutionary War
-shot heard round the world" -ralph waldo Emerson
British Victory
Battle of Concord
Americans stop British then they British retreat -
-Print Money
-Set up Post office
-Created Continental army with George Washington in charge
-Sent Olive Branch asking the king to protect their rights
-King hires 30,000 Hessians Soldiers in response -
Fought on Breed's Hill
"Dont fire until you see the whites of their eyes"-William Prescott
BRITISH Victory (Americans ran out of ammunition British learn deafening Americans would NOT be easy -
Realizes men are disorganized & need discipline
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Pamphlet inspires more colonists to become patriots
"Everything that is right or reasonable pleads for seperation .The bloo of the slain ,the weeping voice of nature- -
Washington believes his army is ready & weapons arrive
Washington outs cannons on dorchester heights overlooking boston
Brithish victory-american victory -
Debate on declaring independence
Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document -
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