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- All colonies but Georgia have representatives -Voted to send a "statement of grievance" (a list of complaints) -Voted to boycott all British trade -Patrick Henry - VA rep. urged colonists to unite against British
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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.." -
- Battle of Lexington, 1st battle of American Revolutuionary 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
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- Authorized $$$ printing
- 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 Soldiers in response
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- Benedict Arnold Ethan Allen capture the fort
- Get all supplies in the fort including cannons
- AMERICAN Victory
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- fought on Breed's Hill
- "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes" - William Prescott -BRITISH Victory
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- Realizes men are disorganized need discipline
- Need weapons
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- Pamphlet inspires more colonists to become patriots
- "Every thing 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
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- Washington believe his army is ready weapons arrive -Washington puts cannons on Dorchester Heights overlooking Boston
- BRITISH Retreat - AMERICAN Victory