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Chapter 8, America Secedes From The Empire Introduction Minute Men swarmed around the British in the April of 1775, at Lexington & Concord Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia the next month All 13 colonies were represented Wanted to continue fighting in hope that the King would consent to a redress of grievances Also adopted measures to raise money for a army and navy Congress Drafts George Washington He was tall, powerfully built,Virginian planter Washington lost more battles than he

Ethan Allen was born on January 21 in 1738 in Litchfield, Connecticut. He fought in the French and Indian War and the American Revolution. With Benedict Arnold, he led the Green Mountain Boys to capture Fort Ticonderoga from the British in 1775. After the war, he petitioned to have Vermont become a state, but when that failed, he tried to have Vermont become part of Canada. Ethan Allen died on February 12 in 1789. Although Ethan Allen was born in Litchfield, Connecticut, he and his family explored

the American struggle for independence I considered myself a radical whig. Although I did not sign the Sons of Liberty Constitution, I strongly opposed the Stamp Act, and I was one of the first members of the Albany Committee of Correspondence. In 1775 I was chosen to represent Albany in the New York Provincial Congresses. I was on the committee that drafted the New York State Constitution as well as a member of "Secret Committee for Obstructing

In 1775 the Revolution, Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold made it clear Fort Ticonderoga, an easy target for American rebels. From 1775-1776, Colonel Henry Knox, transported over 60 tons of military supplies that included, 59 artillery pieces from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston. Fort Ticonderoga had cannons that were on Dorchester

address many grievances against British, called First Continental Congress, included George Washington and John Adams. October 1774, First Continental Congress petitioned King George lll, Congress called for a general boycott of British goods. May 1775, Second Continental Congress, State house (now Independence Hall) in Philadelphia, new members included Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson, Virginian, drafted Declaration of Independence in early summer 1776. Franklin

The Revolutionary war another name for the war of independence and lasted from 1775 and ended 1783. There was a lot of tension between the 13 colonies and the British Monarchy. Smaller battles between British troops and smaller militias near Lexington and Concord kicked off the war. And by 1777 the rebels began a full scale war on Great Britain. The war turned into an international conflict when France joined the war and sided with the American colonists in 1778. With the help of the French the British

the powder magazine, then A British General Jeffery Amherst in, 1759 took refuge and also repaired the fort; the General renamed the fort to Fort Ticonderoga and the start of construction of a war fleet. At the earlier moments of the revolution in, 1775 Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen figured that Fort Ticonderoga was easy to take over with American rebels. There was group called the “Green Mountain Boys” a militia to protect the property that they had the right to own

for this period. People were being attacked by mobs, anyone who had a different view other than that of the Patriots were not safe (Oliver, 1775). One such person who was treated in this manner was Peter Oliver himself. He was a Justice of the Peace at Middleborough, and was forced to sign an "Obligation not to execute his office under the new Acts" (Oliver, 1775). Straight resentment and name calling of the Patriots became a major trend in the period of the American revolution. Loyalist in the 1770s

head: THE INVASION OF CANADA 1 The Invasion of Canada In 1775 the newly form Conteintal Army during the American Revolutionary War began a military strategic plan to gain military control of the British Province of Quebec (known as modern day Canada). The objective of the campaign was to convince the French Canadians and local Indian tribes to commit and join the American Colonies against the British. Setting the Stage In 1775, the battle of Lexington and Concord began the American Revolutionary