The Revolutional war begins- Carolina Ayub, Isabela Abbud, Isabela Saad and Luiza Gaudenci

By isa abbud

  • First Continental Congress, Philadelphia

    Happened in response of a harsh reaction from the Parliament to the Boston Tea Party. Colonial leaders gathered to discuss, and agreed that they would ask the King to forgive everything. But the king didn't care, so they decided to start a resistance: boycotted trades with Great Britain and intensified training with soldiers. They started a patriot cause, and the war begun, in which the Minutemen group was formed.

  • The Battle of Bunker Hill, Charlestown, MA

    The patriots started attacking a fort of loyalists in Charlestown, but the loyalists fought back. As they had a lot of support from ships, they won and expelled the patriots from that area.

  • Olive Branch Petition

    Most colonists didn't want to fight England, so they approved the Olive Branch Petition (drafted by John Dickinson), trying to make it up to George III. It said that, if the king came with reasonable terms with the colonists, they would be completely devoted to him.

  • Battle of Lexington

    Patriots (colonial soldiers) X British army.
    Patriots didn't want to fight, they just wanted the British to know that they were there, had guns and would resist, so they put up a blockade. A British Major didn't want to fight either, but was forced to respond to the blockade. Neither side wanted to start a war, but someone unknown fired.

  • The Second Continental Congress

    13 colonies met again in Philadelphia, in the Second Continental Congress. They argued about some wanting war and others, peace, and requested each colony to have a new state constitution and large militia besieging. Boston was declared the Continental army. John Hancock wanted to be named commander, but John Adams wanted a militia leader from Virginia, who was the most experient, and he was nominated. The king didn't accept any of that, sent German Hessians, and a bloody battles started.

  • Common sense

    "But where says some is the King of America?". "He reigns above and doth not make havoc of mankind like the Royal Brute if Britain. We may not appear to be defective even in earthly honors, but let a day be solemny set apart or proclamiming the character, let it be brought forth place on the divine law" (word of God) "Let a crown be placed thereon. " "So far as we approve a monarchy, in America, the law is king."

  • 4th of July

    Independence from Britain.