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Washington Arrives on outskirts of Boston with Continental troops
- Realizes men are disorganized & need discipline
- Need weapons
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Continental Congress meets
- All colonies but Georgia have representatives.
- Voted to send "statement of grievances",
- Vote to Boycott all British Trade!
- Patrick Henry - VA rep. urged colonies to unite against British.
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1000's of Redcoats in Boston
- General Gage brings thousands of British soldiers to Boston with more on the way.
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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" -
Battle of Lexington & Concord
- Battle of Lexington - 1st battle of the American Revolutionary War
- "Shot heard around the world" - Ralph Waldo Emerson _ British Victory _ Battle of Concord - American's stop British & force them to retreat back to Boston
- American Victory
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Fort Ticonderoga
- Benedict Arnold & Ethan Allen capture the fort
- Get supplies from fort, including cannons
- American Victory
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Second Continental Congress Meet
- Print $$$$
- Set up post office
- Created Continental Army led by George Washington
- Sent Olive Branch asking King to protect their rights
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Battle of Bunker Hill
- Fought on Breed's Hill
- "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes" - William Prescott
- British Victory (american ran out of ammunition) British learn defeating American's would not be easy.
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"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
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British Surrender Boston
- Washington believes his army is ready & weapons arrive
- Washington puts canons on Dorchester Heights overlooking Boston
- BRITISH - retreat - AMERICAN Victory
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Second Continental Congress meet again
- Debate on declaring independence
- Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document
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Second Continental Congress votes for Independence
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The Declaration of Independence is Signed!