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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 -
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 whole", Ralph Waldo Emerson - BRITISH Victory Battle of Concord - Americans stop British and force them to retreat back to Boston - AMERICAN Victory
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Benedict Arnold Ethan Allen capture the fort
Get all supplies in the fort including cannons
AMERICAN Victory -
-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 -
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 -
-Realizes men are disorganized need discipline
- Needs Weapons -
-Pamphlet inspires more colonists to become patriots
- "Everything 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" -
-Washington believes his army is ready Weapons arrive
-Washington puts cannons on Dorchester Heights overlooking Boston
-BRITS retreat - AMERICAN Victory -
-Debate on declaring independence
-Tomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document -
-All 13 colonies vote YES on declaring independence
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FIREWORKS!!!!!