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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 colonist 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 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
-battle of Lexington
-first battle of american revolutionary war
-"shot heard round the world" -Ralph waldo Emerson
-British victory
-battle at concord
-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 supplies in 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 there right
-king hires 30,000 hessian soldiers in response -
Battle of Bunker Hill
-Fought on Breed's Hill
-don't fire until you see the whites of their eye-William Prescott
-British victory(Americans ran out of ammunition)brutish learned defeating Americans would not be easy -
Washington arrives on outskirts of Boston continental troops
-realizes men are disorganized & need discipline -need weapons -
"common sense published" by Thomas Paine
-pamphlet inspires more colonist to become patriots
-every thing that is right or reasonable pleads for separation the blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries,'IT'S TIME TO PART" Thomas Pain -
British surrender Boston
-Washington believes his army is ready & weapons arrive
-Washington puts cannons on Dorchester heights overlooking Boston
-american victory-British surrender -
Second Continental Congress meet again
-debate on declaring independence
-Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document -
second continental congress vote for independence
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the Declaration of Independence is signed
