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Title: The American Revolution


1
The American Revolution
  • The Beginning

2
I. First Continental Congress
  • Met in response to closing of Boston Harbor
    (October 1774)
  • Representatives Compromise
  • Boycott British goods - peaceful
  • Prepare for battle - war
  • Declaration of Rights
  • List of colonists rights (life, liberty, and
    property)
  • Not seeking separation from Britain

3
II. First Shots
  • Minutemen
  • Knew the British were trying to seize supplies in
    Concord (April 1775)
  • One if by land, two if by sea
  • Paul Revere and William Dawes sounded the alarm

4
II. First Shots (cont.)
  • Lexington and Concord (April 19, 1775)
  • First shots fired at Lexington
  • Unknown who fired first!
  • Militia outnumbered, disperse (run away!)
  • British regulars (troops) march to Concord
  • Couldnt find the arsenal
  • Attacked at the Old North Bridge and had to
    retreat

5
III. Second Continental Congress
  • Represented first attempt at a republican
    government for the colonies (May 1775)
  • Should they seek peace or war with Great Britain?
  • Authorized the Continental Army
  • Appointed a Virginian to be commander in chief
  • George Washington!

6
IV. Early Battles
  • Bunker Hill (Breeds Hill)
  • 2,400 British soldiers vs. 1,600 militia members
  • British twice retreated, eventually victorious
  • Moral victory for colonists

7
IV. Early Battles (cont.)
  • Dorchester Heights
  • Washington arrives in Boston
  • Henry Knox brings cannons from Ticonderoga
  • General William Howe (British) retreats to Canada
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