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All colonies but Georgia has representatives
Voted to send a "statement of grievances"
Voted to boycott all birtish trade
Patrick Henry- VA rep. urged colonist to unite against Britain -
General Gage brings thousands of British solders to Boston with more on the way
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Paul Revere rides to warn the Sons of Liberty in Lexington and Concord the "The British are coming...the British are coming".
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Battle of Lexington
1st Battle of American Revolutionary War
"Shot heard around the world"- Ralph Waldo Emerson
British Victory
Battle of concord
Americans Stop British and Force them to retreat back to Boston
American victory -
Print money
Set up post office
Created Continental Army led by George Washington
Sent Olive Branch asking King to protect their rights
King hired 30,000 Hessian Solders in response -
Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen capture the Fort
Get all the supplies in the Fort including cannons
American victory -
Fought on Breeds Hill
"Dont fire until you see the whites of their eyes"_ William Prescott
British victory (Americans ran out of ammunition) Britsih learn defeating America wont be easy -
Realized men are disorganized and need discipline
need weapons -
Pamphlet inspires more colonist to become patriots
"Everything that is right or reasonable pleads for seperation. The blood of slain, the weeping voice of nature cries, tis time to part" - Thomas Pain, Common sense -
Washington believes his army is ready and weapons arrive
Washington puts cannons on Dorchester Heights overlooking Boston
Bristish retreat American victory -
Debate on declaring independence
Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document -
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