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Chapter 8 American Pageant Outline Congress Drafts George Washington ? George Washington had never risen above the rank of a colonel in the militia ? Lost more battles
An Outline Of American History AN OUTLINE OF AMERICAN HISTORY "Heaven and Earth never agreed better to frame a place for man's habitation." John Smith, 1607 CHAPTER
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Congress Drafts George Washington
George Washington had never risen above the rank of a colonel in the militia
Lost more battles than he had won
Had outstanding leadership, he radiated patience, courage, self-discipline, and a sense of justice
Congress wanted a commander from Virginia , the largest and most populous colony
Could be counted on by his peers to check "the excesses of the masses".
Bunker Hill and Hessian Hirelings
Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold surprised and captured the British garrisons at Ticonderoga and Crown Point
The British launched a frontal attack on Bunker Hill with 3000 men
The colonist met the force head on but ran out of gunpowder and was forced to abandon the hill
July 1775, the Continental Congress adopted the "Olive Branch Petition," to profess American loyalty to the crown and begging the king to prevent further hostilities.
August 1775 , king George formally proclaimed the colonies in rebellion
George the third hired German mercenaries called Hessians
Hessians were more interested in booty than the British cause
The Abortive conquest of Canada
October 1775, British burned Falmouth, Maine
American leaders believed that the conquest of Canada would add a 14th colony
Richard Montgomery pushed up the Lake Champlain and was joined at Quebec by the bedraggled army of General Benedict Arnold
An assault on Quebec was launched on the last day of 1775 and the colonies lost
French Canadians leaders showed no real desire to welcome the colonist
In January 1776 the British set fire to the Virginia town of Norfolk
In march they were forced to leave Boston
In 1776 the colonist won in February against 1500 loyalists
In June the colonist won against an invading British fleet at Charleston
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