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FORT TICONDEROGA

FORT TICONDEROGA. NEAR LAKE CHAMPLAIN IN CANADA -DEFENDERS HAD NOT HEARD ABOUT LEXINGTON & CONCORD. FORT TICONDEROGA. ETHAN ALLEN LEADS THE GREEN MOUNTAIN BOYS – TAKES FORT!. CAPTURE OVER 100 CANNONS. SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS. PHILADELPHIA 1775. TALK OF INDEPENDENCE

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FORT TICONDEROGA

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  1. FORT TICONDEROGA NEAR LAKE CHAMPLAIN IN CANADA -DEFENDERS HAD NOT HEARD ABOUT LEXINGTON & CONCORD

  2. FORT TICONDEROGA ETHAN ALLEN LEADS THE GREEN MOUNTAIN BOYS – TAKES FORT! CAPTURE OVER 100 CANNONS

  3. SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS PHILADELPHIA 1775 TALK OF INDEPENDENCE & UNITY? CREATED AN AMERICAN ARMY 20,000 MEN UNDER WASHINGTON CREATED A NAVY OLIVE BRANCH PETITION – LAST CHANCE FOR PEACE

  4. ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES ADVANTAGES

  5. ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES ADVANTAGES

  6. WEAPONS BROWN BESS MUSKETS VS. RIFLES

  7. TACTICS TACTICS: ARMIES LINE UP IN ROWS –EXCHANGE FIRE – BAYONET CHARGE!

  8. BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL AMERICANS TAKE HILL NEAR BOSTON (BREEDS HILL) AMERICANS DIG IN (FORTIFY)

  9. BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL 1500 AMERICANS SLUGHTER ENGLISH TROOPS 3 WAVES OF BRITISH ASSULTS – BOYONET CHARGES

  10. BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL “DON’T FIRE UNTIL YOU SEE THE WHITES OF THEIR EYES!” AMERICANS RUN OUT OF AMMUNITION – WITHDRAW -OVER 1,000 ENGLISH KILLED

  11. EVACUATION OF BOSTON LATER WAHINGTON OCCUPIES THE HIGHT GROUND NEAR BOSTON KNOX ARRIVES WITH CANNONS! (1776) GEN. HOWE LEAVES BOSTON!

  12. INVASION OF CANADA ATTEMPT TO GET THEM TO JOIN THE CAUSE HORRIBLE CONDITIONS TAKE & OCCUPY MONTREAL FRENCH CANADIANS DO NOT WISH TO JOIN NEW YEARS EVE 1775 BENEDICT ARNOLD FAILS TO TAKE QUEBEC CITY

  13. "COMMON SENSE" THOMAS PAINE PAMPHLETS TO ENCOURAGE REVOLUTION JOUNALISM & PROPAGANDA “THE WHOLE CONTINENT IS CONTROLLED BY A SMALL ISLAND 3000 MILES AWAY! WE HAVE A MORAL OBLIGATION TO THE WORLD”

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