Lexington and Concord (and beyond)

THE SHOT HEARD ROUND THE WORLD

-British send 700 troops to Concord to seize arms and capture colonial leaders

-Five miles from Concord is Lexington

-77 minutemen are waiting in Lexington to stop the British British order them to go home

minutemen say no!

LEXINGTON

- A shot rings out! - No one knows who fired!

- Becomes the shot that opens the American revolution and is called:

THE SHOT HEARD ROUND THE WORLD*British men kill 8 minutemen directly following the

first shot

A SHOT

A larger battle

400 minutemen versus the British- 3 British are killed in Concord

As the British retreat toward Boston, 4000 Americans fire at them from behind trees and fences! By the time the British reach Boston almost 300 of them are killed or

wounded

CONCORD

MAP

SQUIRRELZ RULE!!

Philadelphia, PA = May 1775Becomes essentially America’s

government

Delegates of note: Thomas Jefferson, John Hancock, Ben Franklin

Form an army Choose George Washington as the commander of the

newly formed Continental arm.

Started to print paper money to pay for its army.

Offer an Olive Branch Petition to try to make peace didn’t work

THE SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS

Continental Congress realizes that independence has become unavoidable

Decide to postpone an official decision until all delegates can get approval to vote.

Decide to meet in July!! ( you should know this)

In the meantime…..

MORE ON THE SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS

PATRIOTS AGAINST LOYALISTS

Patriots

Loyalists

Loyal to the kingTook

control of local governments

Roughly 1/3

Ready and willing to fight

Often wealthy families

Native Americans

African Americans

- Parliament votes to send 20,000 soldiers to the colonies to end the revolt

- -Fort Ticonderoga a daring band of colonists led by Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys seize the

British fort which controlled the waterways from Canada to the Hudson River Valley and housed many cannons

ESCALATION

DRAGGING THE CANNONS TO BOSTON