Continental Congress at York, Pennsylvania and York County in the Revolution (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

George R. Prowell

9780331666861: Continental Congress at York, Pennsylvania and York County in the Revolution (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 0331666863 ISBN 13: 9780331666861

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On the loth of May, the second Continental Congress assembled in Phila delphia and on the same day Ticonderoga and Crown Point, on Lake Champlain, were captured by patriots from the Green Mountains and Connecticut Valley, under Ethan Allen and Seth arner.

The tocsin of war had now been sounded and American troops began to assemble in the vicinity of Boston. These men had come from farms and workshops and, al though untrained as soldiers, were eager for armed conflict with the British foe. Meantime reinforcements had arrived from England. General Gage was succeeded by Sir William Howe, who now commanded men, and on June 17 the famous bat tle of Bunker Hill was fought. Although the Americans were defeated, the moral effect of the battle was in their favor.

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