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First Continental Congress meets
-All colonies but Georgia hav representitatives
-Voted to send a "statement of greivances"
- Voted to Boycott all British Trade - Patric Henry - VA rep. ured colonists to unite against Britain -
1,000's of Redcoats in Boston
-Genral 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 and Concord
- Battle of Lexington-
- 1st battle of America 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
- Battle of Lexington-
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Capture of Fort Ticondergoa
-Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen captured the fort
-Get all supplies in the fort including cannons
-AMERICAN Victory -
Battle of Bunker Hill
-fought on Breed's Hill map
-"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.