1. The Revolutionary War Part I

2. Minutemen

3. Thomas Gage

5. Paul Revere

12. Concord

13. The British Retreat from Concord

16. Bunker Hill (Breed’s Hill)

21. Second Continental Congress

22. George Washington

23. 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

24. Thomas Paine

25. Common Sense

27. Writing the Declaration

28. Signing the Declaration

29. The Declaration of Independence

30. 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.