Road to Independence

By stu.stephensc2.@mishawaka.k12.in.us

  • First Continental Congress meets

    • All colonies but Georgia have representatives
    • voted to send a "

  • Capture of Fort Ticonderoga

    -Benedict Arnold Ethan Allen capture the fort
    - Get all the supplies in the fort including the cannons
    -AMERICAN VICTORY

  • second continental Congress meet

    • Print $$$ -set up post office
    • Created Continental Army led by George Washington -Sent olive branch petition asking the king to protect their rights +King hires 30,000 Hessians Soldiers in response

  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    -Fought on breed's Hill
    -"Dont Fire until you see the whites of their eyes"

  • Washington arrives on the outskirts of Boston with continental troops

    • Realizes men are disorganized need discipline
    • Needs Weapons

  • "Common Sense" published by Thomas Paine

    -Pamphlet inspires more colonists to become patriots
    - Every thing is right or reasonable pleads for separation. The blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries, 'TIS TIME TO PART"'

  • British Surrender Boston

    -Washington believes his army is ready Weapons arrive
    - Washington puts cannons an Dorchester Heights overlooking Boston
    - BRITISH retreat - AMERICAN Victory

  • Second Continental Congress meet again

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