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America Secedes
  • 20,000 minutemen surround British at Boston
  • 2nd Continental Congress
  • Independence?
  • congress sends list to Britain
  • adopts measures to raise money
  • chooses GW to command army
  • GW looked like a leader
  • did not accept pay

2
Bunker Hill
  • Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen capture British
    forts at Ticonderoga and Crown Point (May, 1775)
  • Colonials seize Bunker Hill (Breeds Hill)
  • British launch frontal attack
  • After Bunker Hill George declares open rebellion
  • Hessians hired (booty not duty)

3
Abortive conquest of Canada
  • Decision to try for 14th colony
  • Assumed French Canadians would support them
  • American attempt fails as Montgomery and Arnold
    retreat

4
Common Sense
  • Thomas Paine Urged all out war
  • Smaller Britain controls America
  • Wanted Republic for America
  • Some favored natural aristocracy

5
Explanation of Independence
  • Congress in Philadelphia moves toward inde.
  • June 7, 1776 Richard Henry
  • Congress appoints Jefferson
  • becomes a list of complaints and rights of man
  • July 2 becomes day of celebration

6
Patriots and Loyalty
  • Patriots (whigs) vs. Loyalists (torries)
  • British could only control loyalist areas
  • Loyalists strongest around Anglican church
  • Patriots much younger
  • Some farmers sold to highest bidder

7
Loyalist Exodus
  • Patriots often sold off loyalist land
  • Some 50,000 served the British during the war

8
French
  • French provide gunpowder
  • Fear of American reconciliation
  • After Saratoga, British ready to give home rule
  • French offer alliance and independence
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