Road to Independence

By stu.lelandn1

  • First Continental Congress meets

    -All colonies but Georgia have representatives
    -voted to send a "statement of grievances"
    (a list of complaints)
    -Voted to Boycott all British Trade
    Patrick Henry
    -Virginia representative 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..."

  • Battle 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