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What did Thomas Gage do?

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  • he was sent by King to take away weapons of mass militia & arrest their leaders
  • figured guns and ammunition were being stored at Concord (a town 20 miles NW of Boston)
  • ordered 700 redcoats to march to concord, seize & destroy all ammo
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How did Britain prepare?

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  • sends more troops
  • King George III decided to fight
  • colonies - rebellion
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What did Paul Revere do?

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  • alerted by Dr. Warren
  • In Sons of Liberty
  • rode to Lexington to warn Sam Adams & John Hancock
  • Went w/ William Dawes
  • Silversmith / Dentist
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Lexington & Concord

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-British arrived at Lexington
-70 minutemen waiting
-Led by Capt John Parker
-shot fired-battle began
-8 minutemen killed & British resumed their march
-ammo had been emptied by the time Brits go there
-word spread
farmers, blacksmths, doctors and clerks took up arms & hid
-as Brits marched back, militia fired & when Brits arrived - last 73 men & 174 wounded

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How many districts and colonies were in rebellion against the King?

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13 colonies
13 districts
all against the King and capitol

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Who was Benedict Arnold & What did he do?

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  • Capt Benedict joined w/Ethan Allen’s Green Mt. Boys & captured Ft. Ticonderoga
  • Ft. had tons of military supplies
  • Major victory
  • Sold military info to Britain
  • Almost gave up west point - discovered
  • fled to NYC & started commanding British troops
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What does Cry for Help mean?

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  • volunteens showed up to help colonial militia

- many came

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What is Bunker Hill

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  • on June 16th, 1776, 1,200 militia set up fortifications @ Bunker and breed hills across from Boston Harbor
  • redcoats assembled bayonets & charged up hill
  • militia was low on ammo=when militia opened fire, forced British to retreat
  • on last charge - militia ran out of ammo-retreat
  • british won but lost over 1,000 dead or wounded
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What are Loyalists

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-people who stayed loyal to Britian

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What did the Patriots think?

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-wanted Brits out, independence wanted

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What happened then?

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  • neighbor against neighbor

- family against family

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What does Continental Congress mean?

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-many delegates who attended the first congress were sent back for the second congress

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Who was Ben Franklin?

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  • printer & inventor
  • on $100 bill
  • helped repeal the stamp act
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Who is John Hancock?

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  • wealthy merchant
  • funded Sons of Liberty
  • elected President of 2nd continental congress
  • signed his name big so King could read it without glasses
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Who was Thomas Jefferson?

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  • great thinker and writer
  • from Virginia - Virginia legislative body
  • author of DOI
  • took him 17 days
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What does the 2nd Continental Congress govern?

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1) printed money
2) set up post office
3) committees w/authority to communicate w/Native Americans & other countries
4) created Continental Army - led by GW
5) the Olive BranchPetition
6) DOI

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What is the Olive Branch Petition?

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  • a formal request presented to King George III
  • It assured him of the colonist’ desires for peace & ased him to protect rights
  • King refused & hired 30,000 Prussian troops to fight w/redcoats
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What happened after the Olive Branch Petition?

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The Army takes offense

  • Britain’s soldiers stationed in Canada
  • our troops took Ft. Ticonderoga
  • from June 1775-March 1776 Washington trained up militia into soldiers
  • GW positioned his troops in a semi-circle around Boston & unleashed canon fire n Britain nearby
  • Brits retreated & victory for colonists
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What does Towards Independence mean?

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  • Jan of 1776 Thomas Paine published a pamphlet called Common Sense
  • Greatly influenced mindset of Americans
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Drafting of the DOI

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  • Jefferson selected to write it
  • Drew on the Ideas of John Lcke
  • Locke believed that people were born w/certain natural rights, like life, liberty & prosperty
  • believed that people should form gov. to protect rights
  • believed if a government threatened those rights they should be overthrown
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The Vote

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-on July 2, 1776 Independence
-DOI signed on July 4 1776
-copies went out across country
Tally: Yes: 12

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The Declaration

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-Preable-explains why congress wrote doc

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Preamble Intro

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  • ***Natural rights-lists all rights of the citizens and all people
  • ***List of grievences-lists complaints of colonists against England
  • ***Resolution-declares freedom w/full power to declare war, make alliances and trade with other colonies

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