Congress Drafts George Washington Actually lost more battles than won at this point Outstanding powers of leadership and immense strength of character Served without pay but kept list of expenses ID: 653795
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Chapter 8: America Secedes from the EmpireSlide2
Congress Drafts George Washington
Actually lost more battles than won at this point
“Outstanding powers of leadership and immense strength of character”
Served without pay (but kept list of expenses)Slide3
Very political choice
1. southerner
2. wealthy
3. aristocratSlide4
Inconsistent Ideals
April 1775-July 1776
Affirming loyalty but killing British soldiersSlide5
Battle of Bunker HillSlide6
Battle of Bunker Hill
Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold seize gunpowder
Lots of British casualtiesSlide7Slide8
July 1775
Continental Congress wrote Olive Branch PetitionSlide9
August 1775
King George III formally declared the colonists in rebellionSlide10
Hessians
Mercenaries from Germany hired by King George
“booty not duty”
Many stayed in America, tempted by landSlide11
(Failed) Conquest of Canada
Colonists assumed French in Canada wanted to rebel against Britain too
You know what they say when you assume . . .Slide12
(Failed) Conquest of Canada
Attempt unsuccessful and French didn’t really want to fight anyway
Northward strike revealed colonists were fighting offensively not just defensivelySlide13
T. Paine preaches some Common SenseSlide14
Thomas Paine Slide15
Paine
Came to America from BritainSlide16
Paine and Republicanism
opposition