Unit 3: The War for Independence (1775-1783)

(Brief Background) Boston was surrounded on ___ (___, __ 1775)

land, April 19

In ____ 1776, with GB under “siege”, the Patriots _____ much needed ____

March 17, gathered, military equipment

In _____, Col. ____ crossed lake ___ and surrounded the BR at Ft. _____

May 1775, Ethan Allen, Champlain, Ticonderoga

The captured ___ were immediately brought to ____ by _____ to put pressure ____, who arrived in March 1776.

cannon, Boston, Henry Knox, Gen Gage

In ____, the colonial militias occupied the ____ North of ____

June 1775, hills, Boston

___ thought these strategic hills might be easily ___ if done swiftly with _____. He launched an attack with ___ soldiers.

Gen. Gage, taken, naval support, 3000

Eventually the Patriots used all of their ___ and ___ fell into British hands.

ammo, Bunker Hill

___ arrives with ______, and then the British evacuate ___ (__, , __)

Knox, artillery(cannons), Boston, 3/17/1776

(Early Fighting: The North) GB targets ___ in the summer of ___ (loyalists)

NY, 1776

General ____ moved the Cont. Army to ___ after GB left Boston.

George W., NY.

A series of battles took place (Battle of ____) - a series of __ for George W.

Long Island, Losses

George W. loses → chased out of ___ into ___. Major __ of GB, But George W. and Cont. Army live to fight another day

NY, PA, wins 

(Winter in Penn. 1776) Retreating into ____ → Patriot morale = _____

PA, very low

Continental Army on the verge of ____, where desertion was a ______ → Re-enlist?

collapse, growing problem

George W. was desperate for a ____, where he abandoned Euro tradition and attacked the enemy in ______.

victory, the winter.