British Actions
-King refused to see the Bill of Rights
-Rumor got out that something happened
American Reactions
-Stocked up for war in case any started
-Had more laws put against them
Other Stuff
-First Continental Congress was a meeting in Philadelphia of delegates from all colonies excluding Georgia
-Delegates halted trade with Britain and alerted the colonial militia to prepare for war
-Local colonists, minutemen, readied for battle
-Battles at Lexington and Concord
April 19,1775-British troops arrived in Lexington and the first shot was, the shot heard around the world
