The Road to Revolution 5.3 5.4

By gabby bare

  • 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

  • Capture of Fort Ticonderoga

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

  • 1,000's of Redcoats in Boston

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

  • Midnight ride of Paul Revere

    Paule Revere rides to war the Sons of Liberty in Lexington and concord that the "British are coming .... the British are coming..."

  • Battles of Lexington & Concord

    BAttle of Lexington was the 1st battle of the American Revolutionary War, "The shot heard around the world"- ERalph Waldo Emerson, The British won this battle.
    British victory
    Americans stop British and force them to retreat back to Boston
    AMERICAN victory

  • Second Continental Congress Meet

    Print $$$$
    Set up post office
    Created Continental Army led by George Washington
    Sent Olive Branch asking Kid to protect their rights
    - king hires 30,000 Hessians Soldiers in response

  • The Battle of Bunker Hill

    Faught 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 .

  • Washington arrives on outskirts of Boston with Continental troops

    Realizes men are disorganized & 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." —from Common Sense, 1776

  • 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 Congress votes for Independence

  • The Declaration Of Independence Is Signed !