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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 -
General Gage brings thousands of British soldiers to Boston with more on the way.
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Paul Revere rides to warn Sons of Liberty in Lexington and Concord that the "British are coming... The British are coming..."
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Battle of Lexington
- 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.
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- Print $$$$
- Set up a post office
- Created Continental Army led by George Washington
- Sent Olive Branch asking King to protect their rights King hires 30,000 Hessians soldiers in response
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- Benedict Arnold Ethan Allen capture the fort
- Get all supplies in the fort including cannons
- AMERICAN Victory
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- Realizes men are disorganized need discipline
- Need weapons
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- pamphlet inspires Moe colonists to become patriots
- "Everything 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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- Washington believes his army is ready weapons arrive
- Washington puts cannons on Dorchester Heights over looking Boston
- BRITISH retreat -- AMERICAN victory
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- Debate on declaring independence
- Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document