Fighting Begins in the North

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Fighting Begins in the North
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Lexington and Concord

• News spreads quickly
• 10,000-15,000 militia rushed towards Boston

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Second Continental Congress

• Convenes in Philadelphia on June 10, 1775.
• Did not convene with the idea that they were
  going to split with England
• The fighting Spread

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Olive Branch Petition

• A petition sent to King George III.
• Declared loyalty to the King
• Asked him to repeal Intolerable Acts

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King George Reacts

• He thinks the colonists want to create
  independent empire
• Orders 20,000 more troops to region

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Green Mountain Boys

• Leader Ethan Allen(yes the furniture guy) really
  a blacksmithled a group from Vermont

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Ethan Allen
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LEADS AN ATTACK ON FORT TICONDEROGA
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Fort Ticonderoga

• Green Mountain Boys overpower guard on duty
• They rush to room where British commander is and
  Ethan Allen says Come out you old rat!

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• When asked by whose authority, he answers
• In the name of the Great Jehovah and the
  Continental Congress!

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What they win

• Supply of cannons and gunpowder
• Control of a key route into Canada.

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Loyalists

• Colonists who remained loyal to Britain
• Included wealthy merchants and former officials
  of Royal government

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Loyalists

• Some farmers and craftworkers also loyalists.
• Mostly from middle and South

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Loyalists

• Tarred and feathered by Ps
• Many fled to Canada, England, or to British
  controlled cities
• When they fled, they would lose their homes,
  farms, and stores

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Fight for Boston

• Battle of Bunker Hill

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Boston

• During the first year, 6000 British troops were
  located in Boston.
• Colonists surrounded the city, wouldnt let them
  out

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Battle of Bunker Hill

• On June 16, 1775, Colonel William Prescott led
  1,200 minutemen up Bunker Hill across river from
  Boston.
• Reason They could fire at British ships in
  Boston Harbor.

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Breeds Hill

• Prescott notices nearby Breeds Hill is better so
  he sends troops there
• British General William Howe sees the Americans
  at sunrise.

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Breeds Hill

• He ferries 2400 redcoats to attack rebels
  positions.
• As British approached, Patriots held their fire
• When they finally fired, the British were first
  to retreat.

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British Win

• The strategy of the Americans, because they were
  low on gun powder was not to fire until you see
  the whites of their eyes.
• After the third try, the British take Breeds
  Hill and Bunker Hill.

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Their high price for victory

• More than 1000 Redcoats were dead or wounded.
• Americans numbered 400 dead or wounded.

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RESULTS

• Battle of Bunker Hill first major battle of
  Revolutionary War
• American proved they could fight bravely.
• British proved they would not be defeated easily.

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George Washington Arrives

• Arrives in Boston a few weeks after battle of
  Bunker Hill.
• He quickly turns raw recruits into an army.
• Soldiers from different colonies mistrusted one
  another but Washington won loyalty of his troops

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Cannons Arrive

• In January 1776, the cannons arrive from Fort
  Ticonderoga.
• Washington places them in plain site overlooking
  Boston Harbor.

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British Depart

• General Howe moves his troops and 1,000 loyalists
  from Boston to Halifax, Canada in March.