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Gage’s report on colonies’ defiance
General Thomas Gage reported to England that colonies were “bidding defiance to the mother country.”
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Quebec Act
The Quebec Act enlarged French Quebec to cover the area as far west as the Mississippi River and as far south as the Ohio River. French law prevailed and the Catholic Church had a privileged status there.
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Continental Association
Congress established the Continental Association to end commerce with Britain.
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Seizure of arms at Newport
Patriots seized arms at Newport, Rhode Island, and carried them to Providence.
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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.