Road to Revolution
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- The Intolerable Acts
- I will make laws to punish them.
- Battles at Lexington and Concord
- Continental Congress Meets
- We must be ready for war. They will not scare us!
- Parliament passed the Intolerable acts to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea party.
- The Battle of Bunker Hill
- In April 1775, British soliders went to find hidden weapons. Minutemen were waiting to attack.
- Olive Branch Petition
- They met to prepare for war. John Hancock was elected the president of the Congress
- Declaration Of Independence, 1776
- The Patriots lost but they proved they could take on the British.
- Yes, but we proved we can take you.
- We won!
- The Olive Branch Petition was a request for peace to the king so they could avoid war.
- It was written mainly written by Thomas Jefferson. It formerly announced the colonies freedom from Great Britain.
- We are finally free!
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