Continential Congress
1775
Ø May 10. Second Continental Congress convenes in Philadelphia.
Ø June 14. Continental Congress creates Continental Army
Ø June 17. Battle of Bunker Hill.
Ø July. Congress offers the Olive Branch Petition in attempt at reconciliation with king.
Ø American armies march on Montreal and Quebec.
1776
Ø January1. Americans lose assault on Quebec.
Ø January. Thomas Paine's Common Sense published.
Ø March. British evacuate Boston
Ø July 4. Declaration of independence adopted.
The British defeated the French and their Indian allies in the French and Indian War (1754-1763). The result was British control over much of North America. But the war had cost England a great deal of money and Parliament decided it was time for the Colonies to pay a share for their own defense.
The American Revolution became inevitable as far back as 1643 when the New England Confederation of Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, Connecticut, and New Haven were formed for defense against......
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