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Road to Independence

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

  • First Continental Congress meets

    • All the colonies bit Georgia have representatives.
      • voted to send a "statement of grievances" *(a list of complaints)
      • 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

    • 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