1. April 19, 1775: Lexington Massachusetts

2. British plan to march to Concord to arrest colonial leaders and capture their storage of colonial ammunitions.

3. Warning given to Mass. militia (minutemen: could be ready to fight in a minute.) “The British are coming!” – Paul Revere and William Daves.

4. British hope to find Sam Adams and John Hancock in Lexington.

5. The British sung Yankee Doodle to ridicule the Americans, though the Americans soon adapted this song in their favor.

6. British soldiers are stopped by colonial minutemen at Lexington (Shot Heard ‘Round the World).

7. Neither side admits to firing first.

8. The British won this battle (Lexington).

9. The British were stopped at Concord by the colonial minutemen.

10. The colonists won this battle (Concord).

11. After these 2 battles the British were forced to retreat back to Boston.

1. peace: no more taxes, rights and liberty, move west while protected, represented in gov.

2. Seeing as they needed the corporation of Britain to have peace, they needed to try for peace and prepare for war, though they were not yet ready for it.

5. Battle of North Sea: Small American navy defeats British by engaging in hand to hand combat – John Paul Jones: “I have not yet begun to fight!” (his way to victory)

2. Battles of Trenton + Princeton: Washington lead surprise attacks – Hessians (German troops hired by the British) captured, with few casualties – Both took place at a time when American spirits were low due to recent defeats, and so boosted spirits. (At Princeton Gen. Cornwallis was fooled due to fires that were left burning.)

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