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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
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General Gage brings thousands of British soldiers to Boston with more on the way.
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Paul Revere rides to warn the 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
- Battle of Lexington
-1st Battle of American Revolutionary War - "shot heard round the world" -Ralph Waldo Emerson
-BRITISH victory
Battle of Concord
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- Benedict Arnold Ethan Allen (Patriots) capture the fort
- Get all supplies in the fort including cannons
- AMERICAN victory
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- 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 Hessians Soldiers in response
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- fought on Breed's Hill "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes" - William Pescott -BRITISH victory (Americans ran out of ammunition) British learn about defeating Americans would NOT be easy.
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- Realizes men are disorganized need discipline
- Need weapons
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- Pamphlet inspires more colonists to become patriots
- "Every thing 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 shis army is ready weapons arrive
- Washington puts cannons on Dorchester Heights overlooking Boston
- BRITISH retreat - AMERICAN Victory
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- Debate on declaring independence
- Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document