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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 Britian -
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 and Concord- The 1st battle of the American Revolutionary War.
"Shot heard around the world" - Ralph Waldo Emerson
BRITISH VICTORY
Battle of Concord- Americans stop British and force them to retreat back to Boston
AMERICAN VICTORY -
1- printed $$$
2-set up the post office
3- created Continental Army led by George Washington
4- sent an olive branch asking King to protect their rights
-king hires 30,00 Hessians 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. -
1-men are disorganized
2-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 and weapons arrive.
Washington puts cannons on Dorchester heights overlooking Boston.
BRITISH retreat- American victory -
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Debate on declaring independence.
Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document -
All 13 colonies vote yes on declaring independence.