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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
"Shot heard round the world"- Ralph Waldo Emerson
BRITISH Victory
~Battle of Concord
Americans Stop British and force them to retreat back to Boston
AMERICAN Victory -
~Benedict Arnold & Ethan Allen capture the fort
~Get all supplies in the fort including cannons
~AMERICANS 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 learn 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 Pain, 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 -
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