Chapter 6 Notes 62 The War Begins Vocabulary words The Battle of Bunker Hill Another battle between the British and Colonials again showed the strength of the colonial army to the British ID: 441550
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What further weakened the ties between the colonies and Britain?
Chapter 6 NotesSlide2
6.2 The War Begins
Vocabulary
words?
The Battle of Bunker Hill
:
*
Another battle
between the British and Colonials; again showed the strength of the colonial army to the British
getting more and more violent leading to war!
Colonial militia broke the British lines, killing some 1,000 British troops
“Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes!”Slide3
http://www.history.army.mil/downloads/SOAR/SOAR.htmSlide4
6.2 The War Begins
Second Continental Congress
(May, 1775):
Agree to form a
unified
Continental Army, not colonial militiasAppoint George Washington Commander-in-Chief of Continental Army*Further
unified the colonies’ armies against Britain.How does this event weaken the ties??At
war with full
armies!Slide5
6.3 The Siege of Boston
Vocabulary
:
Siege
: take-over, military blockade
Other words?Siege of Boston:*This event convinced the British that the Continental army was ready for war
Washington starts rumors & one morning cannons aimed on Boston!British troops and Loyalists
fled rather than fight.Slide6
6.4 Toward Independence
Vocabulary
:
Traitors
: person guilty of treason (disloyalty to government)
The Olive Branch Petition (July, 1775):*Showed that peaceful means would not convince the king to listen to the colonists’ demands
The king saw colonists as traitorsHow does this weaken the ties?Slide7
6.4 Toward Independence
Common Sense
(1776):
*Thomas Paine’s
Common Sense
pamphlet convinced many still doubting colonists that they needed freedom from Britain.Paine explained reasons for separation:
Suffering under British ruleIndependence made sense and moreover meant a better future for the coloniesSlide8
6.5 Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence
(1776):
*It was a clear statement of the reason the colonists should be independent from Britain.
Formal document
demands separation from BritainKey Ideas in the Declaration:All
equal under the eyes of God (Great Awakening?)Equal rights for all (“unalienable rights”)
Government exists for citizens, not vice versaCitizens have power to change the governmentKing has abused
the colonists in many waysSlide9Slide10
6.6 The Final Break
Signing the Declaration of Independence
:
July 4, 1776
*Officially announced to Britain and the world:
colonies would no longer be ruled by the kingcolonists would give up lives for freedom
Debate over Slave Trade delayed signing… this debate will return later.Signers of the Declaration
committed their lives to independence, since they would all be traitors (and killed!) if the colonies lost.Who had the largest signature on the document??Slide11
http://www.founding.com/the_declaration_of_i/
http://compuball.com/Inquisition/declaration_of_independence.htm