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Road to Indepedndeance

By stu.lees@mishawaka.k12.in.us

  • first continental Congress meets

    -All colonies but Georgia have representatives

  • 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..."

  • 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
    - 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 the first including cannons
    • American Victory

  • 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.