Fort Ticonderoga (May 1775) Recommended reading – pages 168-171

Mr. Cripps’ Notes Your Notes New York Colony

American Leaders – Benedict Arnold and

Ethan Allen

Ethan Allen led the Green Mountain Boys

from Vermont

Importance: captured cannons

War not officially started yet

Second Continental Congress (May 1775) Mr. Cripps’ Notes Your Notes

Results:

1. Olive Branch Petition to King George III

2. Set up Continental Army – George

Washington is leader

Bunker Hill (June 1775) Mr. Cripps’ Notes Your Notes

Outside of city of Boston

Americans were doing well until they ran out

of ammunition

“Don’t shoot until you see the whites of their

eyes!” - William Prescott

British won the hill but had many more

wounded and killed soldiers

Proved:

1. Americans wouldn’t be easy to defeat

2. The British wouldn’t give up

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The British used their navy to blockade the United

States. This meant that they were going to sail

ships up and down the American coast to make sure

ships couldn’t bring supplies to the colonies. This

was very effective because the colonies had

basically no navy.