Road to Revolution 2
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- The First Continental Congress
- We are to send a letter to the king and hopefully we can agree. Until then we will Boycott British goods.
- These requests seem a bit unreasonable...
- Battle of Lexington
- Where did those shots come from!? We said we'd surrender! This is completely unreasonable!
- We have to get rid of their secret arsenal!
- Battle of Concord
- There are no weapons here! We're trapped!
- A retaliation for last night!
- 50 delegates from 12 colonies met in September of 1774 to discuss their issues and to send a respectful letter to the king of their requests. Until they got a response, they would boycott British goods.
- The Second Continental Congress
- We gather here again to discuss our plans for an army and a leader to defend against the British.
- On April 19, 1775, 700 soldiers marched into Lexington to suspend a supposed arsenal of weapons. The colonists were unprepared and despite surrendering, a rogue shot killed 8 people.
- The next day, on April 20th, the British found no weapons but they were attacked by minutemen on the North Bridge where they would win.
- The delegates met again on May 10, 1775 to discuss making a force to retaliate against the British. They also chose a leader, George Washington.
- Could we not just comply to the wishes of our parliament?
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