Road to Independence

By stu.oppenheic

  • First Continental Congress meets

    -All colonies but Georgia have representatives
    -Voted to send a "Statement of grievances"
    -Voted to Boycott all British Trade
    -Patrick Henry- Virginia representative. urged colonists to unite against Britain

  • 1000's of Redcoats in Boston

    -General Gage brings thousands of British soldiers to Boston with more on the way

  • Midnight Ride of Paul Revere

    Paul Revere rides to warn the Sons of Liberty in Lexington and Concord that the "British are coming.... The British are Coming.."

  • Battles of Lexington & Concord

    -Battles of Lexington
    -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