Chapter 6 Flashcards
Gathered in Philadelphia
Second continental Congress
Sent to the king asking for preserved rights
Olive branch petition
Took control of army and asked for war supply
Continental army
Cut off British trade to the colonies after the king got the olive branch petition
Prohibitory act
British outpost
Fort Ticonderoga and Crownpoint
Green Mountain boy’s leader and captured outpost
Ethan Allen
Did the same as Allen
Benedict Arnold
These two took over these outpost season for Cannon and ammunitions
Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen
They took over Bunker Hill and Breed’s Hill
Boston Patriots
Lead 3000 men to capture the hills
William Howe
These people fought back, but sooner ran out of ammunition
Colonists
Why the colonist were hopeful about Canadians coming to their aid
• some Canadians were French( they hated the British
• Canadians had suffered many of the same injustices that the colonists had suffered
When did the Americans concentrate on getting the British out of Boston?
During the winter of 1775-76
Performed the most amazing feats of the war
Colonel Henry Knox
Hauled 60 tons of artillery from fort Ticonderoga to Boston
Colonel Henry Knox