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The Revolutionary War Part I

Minutemen

Thomas Gage

Paul Revere

Concord

The British Retreat from Concord

Bunker Hill (Breed’s Hill)

Second Continental Congress

George Washington

Last Chance for Peace “Olive Branch Petition” Prohibitory Act –Declared the colonists out of the king’s protection –Announced that the Royal Navy would capture American merchant ships –Announced that Britain would hire German troops to fight against the Americans

Thomas Paine

Common Sense

Writing the Declaration

Signing the Declaration

The Declaration of Independence

Of the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence: 5 were captured and tortured as traitors. 12 lost their homes. 17 lost everything they owned. 9 died of wounds or hardship during the. war Most were away from their families and homes for long periods of time.