Road to Independence

By stu.blakek2

  • First Continental Congress

    All colonies but Georgia have representatives.
    voted to send a "statement of grievances"/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 whole", Ralph Waldo Emerson - BRITISH Victory Battle of Concord - Americans stop British and force them to retreat back to Boston - AMERICAN Victory