Workbook pg. 20

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Chapter 6 Section 4 Declaring Independence p. 20/ p. 160

Political Actions Outcomes

1. Second Continental Congress meets (May 1775)

2. Congress drafts the Olive Branch Petition (July 1775)

•Chose G. Washington as military commander•Authorized printing paper

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A. Categorizing As you read this section, fill in the chart with information about American’ political and military actions at the outbreak of the Revolutionary War.

Military Actions Outcomes

3. American attack Fort Ticonderoga ( May 1775)

4. Continental Army fights in the Battle of Bunker Hill (June 1775)

Americans captured fort and cannons & large guns

5. Continental Army invades Quebec (November 1775)

6. Continental Army surrounds British forces in Boston (January 1776)

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Military Actions Outcomes

3. American attack Fort Ticonderoga ( May 1775)

4. Continental Army fights in the Battle of Bunker Hill (June 1775)

Americans captured fort and cannons & large guns

5. Continental Army invades Quebec (November 1775)

6. Continental Army surrounds British forces in Boston (January 1776)

British won – but suffered huge casualties

Political Actions Outcomes

1. Second Continental Congress meets (May 1775)

2. Congress drafts the Olive Branch Petition (July 1775)

•Chose G. Washington as military commander•Authorized printing paper

$ •King George rejected it •Announced new measures to punish colonies

Chapter 6 Section 4 Declaring Independence p. 20/ p. 160

A. Categorizing As you read this section, fill in the chart with information about American’ political and military actions at the outbreak of the Revolutionary War.

Death of General Montgomery in the Attack on Quebec

(John Trumbull, 1786)

Military Actions Outcomes

3. American attack Fort Ticonderoga ( May 1775)

4. Continental Army fights in the Battle of Bunker Hill (June 1775)

Americans captured fort and cannons & large guns

British won – but suffered huge casualties

5. Continental Army invades Quebec (November 1775)

6. Continental Army surrounds British forces in Boston (January 1776)

Continental Army defeated

Military Actions Outcomes

3. American attack Fort Ticonderoga ( May 1775)

4. Continental Army fights in the Battle of Bunker Hill (June 1775)

Americans captured fort and cannons & large guns

British won – but suffered hug casualties

5. Continental Army invades Quebec (November 1775)

6. Continental Army surrounds British forces in Boston (January 1776)

Continental Army defeated

Causes British soldiers & Loyalists to leave Boston

Common SensePamphlet written by Thomas Paine to convince colonists that it was time to become independent from Britain.

B. Finding Main Idea In the boxes below, write two newspaper headlines that tell the important ideas about each document shown. Your headline should address these questions: Who wrote the document? What is it about?

Common Sense The Declaration of Independence

Thomas Jefferson becomes the primary author and based it on the philosophy of John Locke.

July 4, 1776Declaration of Independence was signed.

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B. Finding Main Idea In the boxes below, write two newspaper headlines that tell the important ideas about each document shown. Your headline should address these questions: Who wrote the document? What is it about?

Common Sense The Declaration of Independence