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-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. -
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.."
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-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) -
-Benedict Arnold Ethan Allen capture the fort
-Gets all supplies in the fort including cannons
-AMERICAN Victory -
-Printed $$$$
-Set up a 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) -
-fought on Breed's Hill Map
-"Don't Fire untill you see the whites of their eyes"-William Presscott
-BRITISH Victory(Americans ran out of ammunition) British learn defeating Americans would NOT be easy -
-Realizes men are disorganized need discipline
-Need weapons -
-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 -
-Washington believes his army is ready weapons arrive
-Washington puts cannons on Dorchester Heights overlooking Boston
-BRITISH retreat - AMERICAN Victory -
-Debate on declaring independence
-Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document -
-All 13 colonies vote YES on declaring Independence
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