Road to Independence

By stu.smithh2@mishawaka.k12.in.us
  • First Continental Congress meets

    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- VA rep. urged colonists to unite against Britain
  • 1,000's of Redcoats in Boston

    1,000's of Redcoats in Boston

    General Gage brings thousands of British soldiers to Boston with more on the way.
  • Midnight ride o Paul Revere

    Midnight ride o Paul Revere

    Paul Revere rides to warn the Sons of Liberty in Lexington and Concord that th e"British are coming... The British are coming.."
  • Battles of Lexington & Concord

    Battles of Lexington & Concord

    • Battle of Lexington- 1st battle of American Revolutionary War- "shot heard round the world"- Ralph Waldo Emmerson- BRITISH Victory
    • Battle of Concord- Americans stop British and force them to retreat back to Boston - AMERICAN victory
  • Second Continental Congress meet

    Second Continental Congress meet

    -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
  • Capture of Fort Ticonderoga

    Capture of Fort Ticonderoga

    -Benedict Arnold Ethan Allen capture the fort
    - Get supplies in the fort including the cannons
    - AMERICAN victory
  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    Battle of Bunker Hill

    • 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.
  • Washington arrives on outskirts of Boston with Continental troops

    Washington arrives on outskirts of Boston with Continental troops

    -Realizes men are disorganized need discipline
    -Need weapons
  • "Common Sense" published by Thoma Paine

    "Common Sense" published by Thoma Paine

    -pamphlet inspires more colonists to become patriots
    -"Every thing that is right or reasonable pleads fro separation. The book of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries, 'TIS TIME TO PART" - Thomas Paine, Common Sense
  • British Surrender Boston

    British Surrender Boston

    -Washington believes his army is ready and weapons arrive
    -Washington puts cannons on Dorchester Heights overlooking Boston
    -BRITISH retreat - AMERICAN victory
  • Second Continetnal Congress meet again

    Second Continetnal Congress meet again

    -Debate on declaring independence
    -Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document