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| Instead of declaring independance from the British, what did most colonists hope to do? |
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| Convince the King and Parliament that the colonies wished to be a loyal part of the British empire. |
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| Where did the delegates gather for the Second Continental Congress? |
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| Were most Americans ready to declare independance from Britain immediatly following the skirmishes at Lexington and Concord? |
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| Which petition did the delegates from the Second Continental Congress send to the King? |
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| The Olive Branch Petition: The last major effort to restore peace between the colonies and Britain. |
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| The second continental congress continued preparing for war, and called their troops what? |
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| Who did the congress make their commander in cheif? |
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| George Washington of Virginia. |
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| When the petition arrived to King George III how did he react? |
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| He refused to recieve the agents bearing the Olive Branch Petition. |
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| What did King George III order his army to do after recieving the petition of the colonists? |
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| He ordered his army to supress rebellious colonists. |
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| What was the act called that King George III ordered? |
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| Prohibitory Act: Cut off British trade to the colonies. |
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| Which fort was called an important outpost between New England and New York? |
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| Troops decided to capture____________ of Fort Ticonderoga and Crown Point on Lake Champlain? |
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| Who was the leader of the Green Mountain Boys of New Hampshire? |
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| Who set out on the same mission as Ethan Allen? |
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| Both Allen and Arnold served in what rank in the war? |
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| Arnold and Allen captured Ticonderoga on the same day as what historical event? |
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| The day the First Continental Congress met. |
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| Troops seized fort Ticonderoga's cannon that later helped them free which colony from British control? |
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| Where was Bunker and Breed's Hill located? |
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| Just across the bay from Boston. |
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| Which British general ordered three frontal assaults on the Patriots before they finally ran out of ammunition and were forced to retrest? |
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| The Patriots lost control of which colony? |
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| Who won the battle of Bunker Hill, and also suffered more than twice as many casualties? |
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| The British ordered a Blockade of what country? |
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| The British hired several thousand British troops, from the Hessian German region, called what? |
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| The colonists were optimistic about what? |
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| The Canadians coming to their aid. |
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| What were two reasons the Canadians would want to fight with the Patriots? |
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1) They never liked the British.
2) They suffered the same injustices as the colonists. |
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| The psatriots expected____________ to come to their aid in the effort for independance. |
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| From where was Montgomery supposed to come from? |
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| From where was Benedict Arnold supposed to come from? |
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| North from the Kennebc River in Maine. |
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| In a severe __________ Montgomery was killed and Arnold was ___________. |
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| Who wrote the pamphlet entitled Common Sense? |
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| What did Thomas Paine's pamphlet, Common Sense, help convince colonists? |
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| That they should separate from Britain. |
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| What did Paine's pamphlet, American Crisis, encourage colonial soilders? |
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| What did Col. Henery Knox retrieve from Fort Ticonderoga, and where did he take it? |
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| A cannon; He took it to Dorchester Heights overlooking Boston and its harbor. |
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| What did Col. Knox use to get the heavy artilery he took from Fort Ticonderoga to Dorchester Heights? |
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| Oxen, sleds, and rafts: It was a 300mi. trek. |
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| When the British saw the artilary that Col. Knox had at Dorchester, what were the British forced to do? |
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| What were Loyalists also called,and what side were they on (colonist or British)? |
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| Who presented a resolution to the 2nd Continental Congress calling for complete independance from Britain? |
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| What was drawn up in support of Lee's resolution? |
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| The Declaration of Independance. |
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| A commitee of five worked on the draft (of the Declaration of Independance) but ______________ did most of the work. |
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| What did the Declaration of Independance list? |
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| Grievances the Americans had against the King,and Universal Principals. |
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| On which day did the Congress unanimously approve the Declarationn Of Independance? |
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| What did those who signed the Declaration of Independance pledge? what? |
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| Their lives, their fortunes, and their honor, to support the cause of liberty. |
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