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: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- VA rep. urged colonist to unite against Britain -
General Gage brings thousands of British soldiers to Boston with more on the way.
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-Realizes men are disorganized need discipline
-Need weapons -
Paul Revere rides to warn the Sons Liberty in Lexington and Concord that the "British are coming...The British are coming.."
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Battle of Lexington- 1st battle of the American Revolution "shot heard around the world" - Ralph Waldo Emerson
-BRITISH victory
Battle of Concord:
-Americans stop British and force them to retreat back to Boston
-AMERICAN VICTORY -
: 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 Hessian's 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 learned defeating Americans would NOT be easy. -
-pamphlet inspires more colonists to become patriots
-" Everything thing that is right or reasonable pleads for separation. the blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature dies, TIS TIME TO PART."- Thomas Pain, Common Sense -
-Washington believes his army is ready weapons arrive
-Washington puts cannons on Dorchester Heights overlooking Boston
- BRITISH retreat- AMERICAN Victory -
- Debate on declaring independence
- Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document