Road to Revolutionary 5.3 & 5.4

By stumyersc
  • Second Continental Congress votes for Independence
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    Second Continental Congress votes for Independence

    All 13 vote YES on on declaring Independance

  • 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.

  • Midnight ride of Paul Revere

    Paul Revere rides to warn the Sons of Liberty in Lexington and Concord that the "British are coming... The British are coming.."

  • Battles of Lexington & Concord

    1st battle of the American Revolutionary War
    "shot heard round the world"- Ralph Waldo Emerson
    BRITISH Victory
    Americans Stop British and force them to retreat back to Boston
    AMERICAN Victory

  • Capture of Fort Ticonderoga

    Benedict Arnold & Ethan Allen capture the fort
    Get all the supplies in the fort including cannons
    American Victory

  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    Fought on Breed's Hill
    "Don't fire until you see the whites of there eyes"-William Prescott
    British Victory (Americans ran out of ammunition) British learn defeating Americans would not be easy.

  • Second Continental Congress meet again

    Debate on Declaring Independence
    Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document

  • The Declaration of Inependence is signed

    Fireworks