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First Continental Congress meeting
-All colonies but Georgia have representatives
-vote to send the British a "statement of grievances" and 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 "Redcoats are coming... The Redcoats are coming.." -
Battles of Lexington & Concord
-Battle of Lexington-
-1st battle of American Revolutionary War
-"Shot heard round the world"
-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 fort
American Victory with zero shots fired -
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