Road to revolution

By ShannonJesse

  • 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

  • 1,000's of Redcoats in Boston

    General Gage brings thousands of British soldiers to Boston with more on the way

  • Battle of Lexington

    • First battle of an american revolutionary war
    • "shots heard all around the world" - Ralph Waldo Emerson
    • British victory
    • Battle of concord
    • Americans retreat the British and retreat back to Boston American victory

  • Capture of fort Ticonderoga

    Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen capture the fort
    Get all supplies in the fort including cannons
    American victory

  • second continental congress meet

    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 soldiers to fight British

  • Battle of bunker hill

    Fought on Breed's hill
    Don't fight till you see the whites of their eyes
    British victory

  • Washington arrives on outskirts of Boston with continental troops

    Realizes men were disorganized and need discipline
    need weapons

  • "Common Sense" Published by Thomas Paine

    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

  • British surrender Boston

    Washington believes his army is ready and weapons arrive
    Washington puts cannons on Dorchester heights overlooking Boston
    British retreat- American victory

  • second continental congress meet again

    debate on declaring independence
    Thomas Jefferson is the Primary author of the document

  • second continental progress votes for independence

  • The declaration of independence is signed