1. Chapter 8: America Secedes from the Empire

2. Congress Drafts George Washington
Actually lost more battles than won at this point
“Outstanding powers of leadership and immense strength of character”
Served without pay (but kept list of expenses)

3. Very political choice
1. southerner
2. wealthy
3. aristocrat

4. Inconsistent Ideals April 1775-July 1776
Affirming loyalty but killing British soldiers

5. Battle of Bunker Hill

6. Battle of Bunker Hill Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold seize gunpowder
Lots of British casualties

8. July 1775
Continental Congress wrote Olive Branch Petition

9. August 1775
King George III formally declared the colonists in rebellion

10. Hessians Mercenaries from Germany hired by King George
“booty not duty”
Many stayed in America, tempted by land

11. (Failed) Conquest of Canada
Colonists assumed French in Canada wanted to rebel against Britain too
You know what they say when you assume . . .

12. (Failed) Conquest of Canada
Attempt unsuccessful and French didn’t really want to fight anyway
Northward strike revealed colonists were fighting offensively not just defensively

13. T. Paine preaches some Common Sense

14. Thomas Paine

15. Paine
Came to America from Britain

16. Paine and Republicanism
opposition