1. Journal Question Which would you more likely have been during the revolution, a Loyalist or Patriot, and why?

2. CHAPTER 5 SECTION 4 Moving Toward Independence

3. Quick Review First Continental Army Battles of Lexington & Concord Battle of Bunker Hill

4. Choosing Sides Loyalists  Unfair taxes and regulations are not enough reasons to rebel against the British  Predicted a British victory Patriots  Supported the war for independence from Britain

5. Second Continental Congress May 10, 1775  Not quite ready to break away  Declaration will not be written for another year  Began acting as a government

6. Who was there? John Adams Samuel Adams

7. Who else? Benjamin Franklin John Hancock

8. And don’t forget… George Washington Patrick Henry Thomas Jefferson

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10. Functioning government Printing of money Set up post office Communication committees – build relationships with other countries and the Native Americans Continental Army – George Washington

11. One last chance… Last chance for peace:  Olive Branch Petition- asked for peace and to protect their rights  King George III refuses it and prepares for war

12. Offense, colonists, offense! Washington turns civilians into an army – July 1775  Ready to fight! – March 1776  Form a semi-circle around Boston and bombard the British until Sir William Howe and his troops withdraw to Nova Scotia  Victory!

13. Thomas Paine Thomas Paine’s Common Sense – call for complete independence Builds support for the Patriot cause