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Colonies Unite and Sparks Fly
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1st Continental Congress• Delegates from all colonies except
Georgia, meet in Philly• Continental Congress wants to represent
colonial interests, negotiate with England• Important peeps there: John and Sam
Adams (Mass), Patrick Henry and G. Washington (VA)
• Mass and VA are the most powerful colonies
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• CC writes up list of complaints to England and wants acts repealed
• Vote to boycott all British goods and trade
• Agree to have all colonies form militias
British Stuff
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A Spark Ignites• New England colonies
train for war, minutemen- ready to fight in min.
• British General Thomas Gage wants to take guns from militia in Concord, Mass
• 700 redcoats march out at midnight, Paul Revere and Sons of Liberty– 1 if by land, 2 if by sea, lanterns in Old North Church
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• Minutemen waiting in Lexington led by Captain John Parker
• Face off against each other, shot fired, no one knows who, British defeat minutemen
• Redcoats march to Concord, find no guns
• Entire way back to Boston, minutemen attack from woods, barns
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Choosing Sides
• Patriots- colonists wanting to break away from Britain
• Loyalists- colonists wanting to stay loyal to the king and Britain