A CALL TO ARMS

September delegates to Philadelphia HUGE names: Ben Franklin Sam Adams, John Adams George Washington Patrick Henry Thomas Jefferson… THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS

VOTED TO: Boycott all British goods Nothing sold to Britain Prepare to defend themselves with militia CONTINENTAL CONGRESS

Minutemen- “ready in a minutes notice” Stockpiled weapons, made bullets In Britain: George hoped to end problems with the colonists peacefully Looking more and more like that isn’t possible Sent Thomas Gage to lead army in Boston to watch over READY FOR BATTLE

Colonel Francis Smith to Concord to take or destroy all of the supplies being kept at Concord April troops made their way west toward Concord THOMAS GAGE

Sent to warn John Hancock and Samuel Adams that “The British were coming…” Samuel Prescott – finished Revere’s ride PAUL REVERE and WILLIAM DAWES

British find about 70 militiamen in Lexington 8 killed Move on toward Concord LEXINGTON AND CONCORD

Concord had mostly been cleaned out by the time British got there. At North bridge colonists won a battle and turned redcoats back Colonists lined the path back to Boston Injured 174 and killed 73 Brits “Shot heard round the world” LEXINGTON AND CONCORD

BOTH GOING TO ATTACK FT. TICONDEROGA ETHAN ALLEN LED THE “GREEN MOUNTAIN BOYS” JOINED TOGETHER AND CONQUERED THE FORT LATER, ARNOLD SOLD INFORMATION TO BRITISH AND ATTACKED COLONISTS “TURNCOAT” BENEDICT ARNOLD & ETHAN ALLEN

June 16, militiamen set up on Bunker and Breed’s Hills Actually fought at Breed’s Hill Prescott: “Don’t fire til you see the whites of their eyes…” British made two charges up hill Took the hill on the 3rd BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL

British Charge

British lost more than 1000 Colonists lost 400 in dead and prisoners British win – Americans ran out of gunpowder Learn this won’t be easy

LOYALISTS PATRIOTS “DON’T CARE” AREN’T AFFECTED WAR AND CIVIL WAR WRAPPED INTO ONE STORY OF THIRDS