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New England Restraining Act
King George III approved the New England Restraining Act, which imposed a policy that prohibited New England from trading with any country but Great Britain and the British West Indies.
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Revere’s “Midnight Ride”
Paul Revere and others rode out of Boston to warn colonists of the British approach.
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Battles of Lexington and Concord
The American Revolutionary War began with the “shot heard ’round the world.” At the battles of Lexington and Concord, seventy-three British troops were killed and 200 were wounded or missing in action. The patriot losses were forty-nine dead and forty-six wounded or missing.
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Washington assumed command of Continental Army
George Washington assumed command of the 17,000-strong Continental Army.
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Common Sense
Thomas Paine’s pamphlet Common Sense, promoting independence for the colonies, was published. It sold more than 100,000 copies in three months.
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Congress voted for independence
In Philadelphia, the Second Continental Congress voted to adopt a resolution proposed by Richard Henry Lee for independence from Great Britain.
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Declaration of Independence
Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence. The first draft denounced the slave trade, but that passage was omitted from final text.
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Meeting of Second Continental Congress
At the meeting of the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia, Richard Henry Lee of Virginia introduced a resolution that “these united colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states.”
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Battle of Bunker Hill
British forces led by General Thomas Gage attacked patriots on Breed’s Hill overlooking the sea approach to Boston Harbor.
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Olive Branch Petition
The colonies offered the Olive Branch Petition to King George III. In the petition, the colonies offered to remain loyal to the Crown if their grievances were addressed. Parliament and King George rejected the petition.