1. UNIT 4.5
BIRTH OF
AN ARMY
MR. dickerson

2. 52. How many colonial militiamen gathered around Boston after the Battles of Lexington and Concord?

3. Roughly 20,000 colonial militia gathered to surround the British in Boston

4. COLONIAL MAP OF BOSTON

5. 53. Which British fort was attacked an captured by ETHAN ALLEN and the GREEN MOUNTIAN
BOYS?

6. ETHAN ALLEN led a surprise attack on Fort Ticonderoga on Lake Champlain

7. FORT TICONDEROGA

8. FORT TICONDEROGA

9. He and the Green Mountain Boys took the fort with no bloodshed

10. 54. What is ARTILLERY?

11. ARTILLERY includes cannons and large guns

12. 55. Why was the capture of FORT TICONDEROGA so important to the colonists?

13. The colonists needed cannons badly.
They began to drag the cannons down to Boston to use against the British

14. CANNONS AT FORT TICONDEROGA

15. HENRY KNOX WITH CANNONS FROM FORT TICONDEROGA

16. 56. Describe the two major accomplishments of the SECOND CONTINENTIAL CONGRESS:

17. 1) They agreed to form the CONTINENTAL ARMY to fight the British

18. 2) They agreed to place GEORGE WASHINGTON in command of this army

19. SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS

20. GEORGE WASHINGTON

21. 57. Who won the FIRST BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL (BREEDS HILL)?

22. The British had gained control of the land but lost more lives
The first Battle of Bunker Hill was a moral victory for the colonists

23. BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL

24. BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL

25. BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL

26. British General William Howe marched up the hill with 2,200 soldiers.
Legend says Colonel William Prescott, the militia leader, ordered his men “don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes!”

28. BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL

29. 58. How did King George III react to the OLIVE BRANCH PETITION OF 1775?

30. King George III rejected the Olive Branch Petition
He ordered more punishments for the colonists - closed harbors

31. OLIVE BRANCH PETITION SENT TO KING GEORGE III AS LAST EFFORT FOR PEACE

32. 59. Describe the role of BENEDICT ARNOLD in the war:

33. BENEDICT ARNOLD was one of Washington’s best officers
He was a major part of the victory at Fort Ticonderoga

34. BENEDICT ARNOLD

35. 60. What caused the British to withdraw their soldiers from Boston?

36. The British woke up one day and saw cannons pointed down on them
Some cannons were real and others were fake

37. 61. Who wrote COMMON SENSE?

38. The pamphlet COMMON SENSE was written by THOMAS PAINE
It sold 100,000 copies in the first three months after it was published

40. THOMAS PAINE
AUTHOR OF “COMMON SENSE”

41. 62. What was the importance of the COMMON SENSE PUBLICATION?

42. COMMON SENSE made thousands of people realize why fighting for independence was so important

43. THE
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