Chapter+8

Washington lost more battles then he won

1775 Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold capturedBritish garrisons at Ticonderoga and Crown Point

1775 colonists siezed Bunker Hill

1,500 colonists

July 1775 Continental Congress adopted the Olive Branch Petition professing American loyalty to the crown

Hessians were hired under the rule of George lll

October 1775 British burned Falmouth

Rishard Montgomery pushed up Lake Champlain and captured Montreal

January 1776 the British set fire to Norfolk. They were finally forced to evacuate Boston

"God save the king" was replaced with "God save the congress"

1776 Common Sense was published. 120,000 copies sold

It called for a new political society

June 7 1776 Richard Henry Lee said the colonies should be free.

John Adams wrote that July 2 would be celebrated with fire works

Declaration of Independance was signed july 4 1776

Written by Jefferson

Tory- someone whose head is in England and body is in America

Loyalists were 16 percent

Benjamin and his son were on opposite sides

The educated were loyalists

Loyalists were not treated well

Washington crossed the delaware on christmas of 1776

December 26 1776 washington attacted hessians

Burgoyne surrendered to Horatio Gates Oct. 17 1777

After Saratoga in 1777 the British parliment passed a measure that offered americans home rule within the empire

Feb 6 1778 france offered a treaty of alliance

Treaty of paris 1783