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Continental Congress Meets
All colonies but Georgia has 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 -
Second Continental Congress Meets
Print their own money.
Set up their own post office.
Created the Continental Army led by George Washington.
Sent Olive Branch asking the King to protect their rights.
The king hires 30,000 Hessians Soldiers in response. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
Fought of 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 the Americans would not be easy. -
"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." - Thomas Paine, Common Sense -
British Surrender in Boston
Washington believes his army is ready & weapons arrive.
Washington puts cannons on Dorchester Heights overlooking Boston.
British retreat - American victory -
Second Continental Congress Meets Again
Debate on declaring independence.
Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document. -
Second Continental Congress Votes for Independence
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The Declaration of Independence is Signed!
