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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 Britain -
1,000'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 & Concord
- 1st battle of the American Revolutionary war
- "shot heard round the world" - Ralph Waldo Emerson
- BRITISH victory
- Battle of Concord-
- Americans stop the British and force them to retreat back to Boston
- AMERICAN victory
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Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
- Benedict Arnold Ethan Allen capture the fort
- Get all supplies in the fort including cannons
- AMERICAN victory
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Battle of Bunker Hill
- Fought on Breed's Hill Map
- "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