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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
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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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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.