HIST 1310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Olive Branch Petition, Yorktown, Virginia, Continental Congress
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Paul revere: british arrived at lexington before concord met by 75 minutemen. British open fired and ambushed the colonists with bayonets: in concord, the colonial forces were much stronger met on a bridge. George received the olive branch petition, he refused to read it. Declaration: july 2, 1776 final meeting 12 colonies approve, 1 abstains from voting (ny, remove a section condemning slavery, tone down the fiery attitude, didn(cid:495)t immediately make changes, but addresses grievances with the. Morristown, nj (british in ny: christmas 1776 washington led troops across the delaware into trenton surprised. British/hessian troops & won: week later washington wins princeton, boosts soldier morale, fighting comes to a halt in the winter (rifles were very unreliable in the cold & wet, british won many battles near philadelphia . Washington heads down south: september 28, 1881, begins the siege of yorktown, less than 3 weeks later, general.
