road to revolution

  • sept.5,1774

    continental congress meets
    all colonies 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
  • april 1 1775

    1,000 of redcoats in Boston
    general Gage brings thousands of British soldiers to Boston with more on the way=
  • april 18 1775

    midnight ride of paul revere
    paul revere rides to warn the sons of liberty in lexingtonand concord that the british are coming the british are coming
  • april 19 1775

    battles of lexington and concord
    Battle of lexington
    1st battle of american revolutionary war
    shot heard round the world-ralph waldo emerson
    british victory
    battle of concord
    americans stop british and force them to retreat back to boston
  • may 10 1775

    capture of fort Ticonderoga
    benedict arnold and ethan allen capture the fort
    get all supplies in the fort including cannons
    american victory
  • june 16 1775

    battle of bunker hill
    fought of breeds 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
  • June 1776

    Jefferson wrote the DOI