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*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 -
*General Gage brings thousands of British soldiers to Boston with more on the way -
*Paul Revere rides to warn the Sons of Liberty in Lexington and Concord that the "British are coming... The British are coming..." -
*Battle of Lexington
-1st battle of American Revolutionary War
-"Shot heard round the world" - Ralph Waddo Emerson
-BRITISH victory *Battle of Concord
-Americans stop British and force them to retreat back to Boston
-AMERICAN victory -
*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 Hessian Soldiers in response -
*Benedict Arnold Ethan Allen capture the fort
*Get all supplies in the fort including cannons
*AMERICAN victory -
*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 -
*Realizes men are disorganized need discipline
*Need weapons -
*Pamphlet inspires more colonists to become patriots
*"Every thing that is right for 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 colonies voted in support -
fireworks 🎆