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1766 BCE
Washington arrives on outskirts of Boston with Continental troops
- Realizes men are disorganized need to be disciplined
- Nee weapons
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Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
- Benedict Arnold Ethan Allen capture the fort
- Get all supplies in the fort including cannons
- AMERICAN Victory
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First Continental Congress meet
- All Colonies but Georgia have representatives
- Voted to send a "statement of grievances"
- Voted to Boycott all British Trade
- Patrick Henry - VA rep. urged colonists to unite against Britain
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1000's of Redcoats in Boston
- General Gage brings thousands of British soldiers to Boston with more tax on the way.
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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"
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Battles 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
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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
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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 defending Americans would NOT be easy.
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"Common Sense" Published by Thomas Paine
- 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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British Surrender Boston
- Washington believes his army is ready weapons arrive
- Washington puts cannons on Dorchester Heights overlooking Boston
- BRITISH retreat - American Victory
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Second Continental Congress meet again
- debate on declaring independence
- Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document
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Second Continental Congress votes for Independence
- All 13 colonies vote YES on declaring independence -
The Declaration of Independence is signed!
