Road to independence

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

  • First continental congress meets

    -All colonies but Georgia have representatives
    -Voted to send a "statement of grievances", or 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 Lexiington & 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

  • Capture of fort Ticonderoga

    *Benedict Arnold Ethan Allen capture the fort
    *get all supplies in the fort including cannons
    *AMERICAN Victory