Road to independence

By stu.eddyi2@mishawaka.k12.in.us

  • First Continental Congress meets

    -All the colonies but Georgia have representatives.
    -votes to send a "statement of grievances(a list of complaints)
    -votes to boycott all British trade
    -Patrick Henry-VA rep. urged colonists to unite against Britain.

  • 1,000'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

    Battle of Lexington
    - first battle of American Revolutionary War
    -"shot herd round the world"-Ralph Waldo Emerson
    -BRITISH victory.
    Battle of Concord
    -Americans stop the British and force them to retreat back to Boston.
    -AMERICAN victory