Show EIGHTH GRADE HISTORY STORY III dr 11 II B MUNT ZACHris continued from roin lost last issue a see toot note The first dirst continental congre Con conred reg cs met september 6 5 mi 1174 at carpenters ball 13 all there were lifty fifty five delegates all the colonies but georgia beton being represented the congress acted with caution professing pro taic loyalty to abe king glnn it issued an address to to the king one to the people ol of great britain one to the colonl sti and one to the canadians A declaration of 0 rights was drawn up and also an agreement not to import or use brit isu goods they said aid that if force orce were used to malce make massachusetts ubey obey all the col onlea ought to support ber in her sillon after mario arrant ing ine for congress to meet on may 10 the CoD griBS adjourned october 29 26 1774 before this time two distinct parties had arisen thi tories who objected to resistance to the king aln and tile the williaa who approved of resistance but force wot was necessary while con press was in session the colonists bad been arms to ue la in case resistance WM was necessary and a body of 0 twenty thousand minutemen minute men enroll td d general gage the royal governor and commander ln in chief ot of the british troops in america begin began to fortify boston lia he was ordered to go to lexington and arrest hanbock flacco ck and adams and then march on to concord and destroy the abe ammunition there 1114 plans were discovered by dr warren who sent paul revere to warn the people on the mornin april 19 1775 the british mario marionex ned into lexington they were met by minute men at concord only part of the was found As minute men were seen been to be bloz flockoi flock king mi into lexington in large numbers it was thought wise visa to retreat on the bac winward march the lae british were fired area upon trum from behind every wall and tree the firing did not stop until they were undercover auder cover ot of the warships tile the american loss was one hundred the Br british Illish lo 10 loss three hundred A month I 1 later ethan eihan allen alien a colonel in the vermont Veri militia sur irked and captured ticonderoga war ivar had bad begun so tar far the trouble had bad been in massachusetts the tha second congress met may 10 1775 at resola ed to take up the cause ot of betts as the cause of all tho the colonies accepted the army of 0 minutemen minute men as army and at the suites of washington Cum naDder la chief rpm it pru for or the cx ex penca et ef the hie viar a r by issuing two million dollars la in paper money before washington reached boston some som lighting fighting had bren been going on the Amerl caiM earli under colonel prescott had for breeds nill on the evening ot of june 18 16 on june 17 wi 1171 the battle ot of Ili banket inker nill hill was ought fought the british were re rc pul ed twice but the third biale the ammunition of 0 the amijian Am iHian gave out and they were forced to retreat the loss on both sides was very heavy washington arrived at cambridge and took command under a great ilau tree iree on july 3 1775 1773 on march 1770 washington seized dorchester heights near boston aud and fortified them the fearing feirl to attack the left flip city maten march 17 6 in the ot of getting the canadians to join thero them the americans americana sent bent an ex cx tiou up to canada they were successful in taking montreal but the aua clon quebec nya was a failure allure and the americans were driven 14 out of 0 canada during the time lime george III refused tm t listen to guy petitions from rom th the e atie Cloy was ai england und arid at pru loyalty to the king one of 0 abe firt declarations agal against not the action of 0 the abe king aclo was the Ii meek leck lenburg len buri resolutions they were passed on may 31 1770 in ID bleck mecklenburg lenburg county north carolina they put all the governing power into 1 oto the hands bands of a provincial congress and passed some roine ruled illich they should follow u r congress should pass oeners she was the th first to suggest complete independence pen dence denee on june 7 1176 a resolution wasi for complete independence waa IntrA la in fuli KriS li B the end of june all the col colonies oriles bad declared for on the first of july the debate began on the second the ibe resolution was pas pa ed and on tile fourth tile hie Peola nillon 0 of had hern been nril teo ten by thomas jefferson leHm wat was adopted the ahe liberty bell raon rang on the ha el ulith the left new euplid anti v wert tot 10 ibe he states as this was wan a more prom promising kIng field of ct attack it I 1 the british could get control of the alie hudson null be divided in june gen ilowe flowe with an army came from and landed on staten stalen island occupier new kew york geo ilowe flows bad been enforced by the arrival of hla his brother lord ilowe they issued a pro clama tion offering to lo all woo would sear linear allegiance to the king kin aney had bud been inal ducted to make peace but did not know lih ith to confer so etwas the ibe war must RO go on washington held long lone island mi and bro kin hallit putman was put tn fit com commatas matal oft of 1 lie he latter ric was m tacked and forced to surrender and yew york had wash f t hlll III held I 1 be i oarth rii rth of the city ile he left a large garrah oo n here and went across the river to pro hect philadelphia ahli fort wass was aull also alro I 1 but ii allt t until after a brave deberlhe C rf all is in angan ga n 10 lo lullow follow him 0 o had to retreat acro I 1 lie delaware un christ alve hundred men mcc hi he re t tved the i I 1 UT und 8 nd cap turid ith its in ga hairlson gair TrIson lson of hessian tto p lie ebeo held trenton hut bell beli g i by tile the british retreated to PrInce princetown town corn w 1118 alad to f fillia to 10 protect the 9 brulah supplies washington went into wInter quarters at morristown where here be was too to be 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