Road to Independence

By stu.brownj2
  • First Continental Congress meets

    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 - VA rep. urged colonists to unite against Britain
  • Midnight ride of Paul Revere

    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.."
  • 1,000's of Redcoats in Boston

    1,000's of Redcoats in Boston

    General Gage brings thousands of British soldiers to Boston with more on the way.
  • Battle of Lexington and Concord

    Battle of Lexington and Concord

    Battle of Lexington - 1st battle of American Revolutionary War
    - "shot heard round the world" - Ralph Waldo Emerson
    - BRITISH Victory Battle of Concord - American Stop British and force them to retreat back to Boston
    - AMERICAN Victory
  • Capture of Fort Ticonderoga

    Capture of Fort Ticonderoga

    • Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen capture the fort
    • Get all supplies in the fort including cannons
    • AMERICAN Victory
  • Second Continental Congress meet

    Second Continental Congress meet

    • 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
  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    Battle of Bunker Hill

    • Fought on Breed's Hill Map
    • "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.
  • Washington arrives on outskirts of Boston with Continental troops

    Washington arrives on outskirts of Boston with Continental troops

    • Realizes men are disorganized and need discipline
    • Need weapons
  • "Common Sense" published by Thomas Paine

    "Common Sense" published by Thomas Paine

    • 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
  • British Surrender Boston

    British Surrender Boston

    • Washington believes his army is ready and weapons arrive
    • Washington puts cannons on Dorchester heights overlooking Boston
    • BRITISH retreat - American victory
  • Second Continental Congress meet again

    Second Continental Congress meet again

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