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1. First Continental Congress-the 1st Continental Congress From September 5th to October 26th,1775 http://www.dasd-ew.org/continental1list.html

 

2. Second Continental Congress-Following the the fighting at Lexington and Concord a meeting was called in Philadelphia on May 10,1775 to assemble delegates to the Second Continental Congress. http://dcn.davis.ca.us/vme/vo/3.html

 

3. George Washington-George Washington was born at ten o'clock in the morning on February 22, 1732, in Westmoreland County, Virginia. His parents were Augustine and Mary Ball Washington. George grew up near Fredericksbur on February 22, 1732, in Westmoreland County, Virginia. His parents were Augustine and Mary Ball Washington. George grew up near Fredericksburg, http://www.mountvernon.org/education/biography/gwbio1.html

 

4. Battle of Bunker Hill- The Battle of Bunker Hill was fought between British regulars under General William HOWE and New England militiamen under Colonel William Prescott and Gen. Israel PUTNAM on June 17, 1775. http://www.hillsdale.edu/dept/History/Documents/War/America/Rev/1775-Bunker-Waller.htm

 

 5. Olive Branch Petition- The document is in the form of a petition to King George III, and was adopted and two originals signed by members of the Continental Congress in July, 1775. http://www.rain.org/~karpeles/olivebdis.html