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Events - people - groups that were significant going into the American Revolution.

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Events - people - groups that were significant going into the American Revolution.

by Steve Proctor
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Boston Ticonderoga Tories Congress Boys Lexington Patriots militia Washington Olive army Green Continental Philadelphia boycott mercenaries Mountain intolerable Branch George Massachusetts minutemen peace Georgia loyalists

After King George III had closed off Boston with the coercive , or , acts , representatives from 12 of 13 colonies met in to discuss a strategy . Only neglected to send delegates . This 1774 meeting was known as the First . The delegates determined they would back Boston , British goods , and encourage each colony to set up a , or army of citizen soldiers . In New England , the volunteer soldiers were known as .
In April of 1775 , fighting between England and her colonies began in with the battles of and Concord . In May , a second congress met and sent a gesture of to King George III known as the Petition . King George rejected the petition and sent 20K troops to the colonies . Knowing the Olive Branch may be rejected , the congress also set up a Continental with in command .
Also in May , and unknown to the congress , the of Vermont attacked the powerful Fort taking the cannons and gunpowder . They hauled the supplies over the mountains to where the Patriots would use them to drive out the British .
Opinions about independence were mixed in the colonies . About 1 / 3 of the colonists wanted independence . They were called . Another 1 / 3 sided with the British . They were called or Tories . Another 1 / 3 of colonists simply were not interested in choosing sides or lived in places unaffected by the Revolution . When the British were forced from Boston 1 , 000 left with them . Many Tories fought with the British . The King also used German , soldiers for hire , to fight the Americans .

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