Road to Independence

By stu.steinmank

  • First 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 Britian

  • 1000's of Redcoats in Boston

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

  • 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"

  • Battles of Lexington and Concord

    -1st battle of American Revolutionary War
    "Shot heard round the world" _Ralph Waldo Emerson
    -British Victory
    Battle of Concord
    -Americans stop British and force them to retreat back to Boston
    -American Victory

  • Second Continental Congress Meets

    Print $$$$
    Set up post office
    Created Continental Army led by George Washington
    Sent Olive Branch asking King to protect their rights
    -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 eyes"-William Prescott
    -British Victory(Americans ran out of ammunition) British learn defeating Americans would Not be easy.

  • Capture of Fort Ticonderoga

    -Bendict Arnold and Ethan Allen capture the fort
    - Get all supplies in the fort including cannons
    -AMERICAN Victory