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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 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
-British Victory
-Battle of Concord
-Americans stop British and force them to retreat back to Boston -
-Benedict Arnold & 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 learned defeating Americans would not be easy -
-Realizes men are disorganized & need discipline
-Need weapons -
-Pamphlet inspires more colonists to become patriots
-"Every thing 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 cannons on Dorchester Heights overlooking Boston
-British retreat - American Victory -
-Debate on declaring independence
-Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document -
They vote "yes".
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Document is signed official on the 4th.
