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The Road to Revolution
After the first continental congress met, the colonists stepped up military preparations. General Thomas Gage learned about these activities, and he ordered troops to march from Boston to Concord(Massachusetts), to take their illegal weapons. April 18, 1775, Pau Revere, William Dawes, and Samuel Prescott rode out to spread word tat 700 British troops were headed to Concord. In April 19, the British encounter 70 minutemen, which was the first battle of the revolutionary war which lasted only lasted 15 minutes. The first shot fire, is now known as the “first shot heard around the world”. The British troops marched to concord where they were met by between 3000 and 4000 minutemen who fired on the marching troop s using guerrilla warfare. This encounters very significant to us history because it was the first time the colonist had fought and humiliated the British.
The second continental congress meeting was in Philadelphia in may 1775. The meeting was about discussing the next move against Great Britain, some of the colonist leaders were divided on the decisions. Some delegates called for independence while other wanted to reconciliate with Great Britain. At the end congress agreed to recognize the colonial militia and appointed George Washington as their commander.
On June 1775 general gates decided to strike the minutemen on Breed’s Hill, north of a city and near Bunker Hill gates sent 2400. The colonists held their fire until the last minuet of the battle. By the time the smoke cleared the colonists had lost 450 men while British suffered over 1000 casualties, this was known as the deadliest battle of the war. Bu July the second continental congress meet again hopping for peace. Congress sent the king so olive branch petition arguing the return of “the reformed harmony” between Brittan and the colonists. King George rejected the petition he issued a proclamation stating the colonies were in rebellion.
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There is a lot of good information here about the Continental Congress and the first few battles of the American Revolution. Make sure to explain who General Gates is and which side he fights for to make the writing extra clear. It would also be nice to have more information about the Olive Branch Petition and to have an explanation of what reformed harmony means.
This was an informative description of the events leading up to the American Revolution. The information about the size of each side's forces and the duration of some of the battles is particularly interesting and indicates who was winning the first battles of the war.
The only recommendation I would give would be for a spelling and grammar check, as some of the errors can interfere with comprehension...
There are many useful pieces of information in this summary. I like the fact that there were details such as 'the shot heard around the world.' However, I would check some minor spelling/grammar things and maybe add a picture. :]
A lot of really good information. There are a few grammar errors however but really well put together.
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