| Term | Definition |
|---|
| War or peace | may of 1775 |
| whose side | patriots or Loyalists. Colonists choose sides. |
| War! -Independece | hope for peace .King was flatly rejected the . Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declartion of Independece . |
| 2nd Continental congress | Loyalties that divided colonist sparked endless debates. John Adams of Massachusetts. He said each colony up its own government and that the Colonists Independence . |
| Bunke Hill | British General Thomas Gage decided to strike at militiamen who had day in on Breed’s Hill .In June 17, 1775. Surviving British troops made a second attack and then a third. |
| Olive Branch Petition | On June 8,1775 . the congress sent the king the so-called Olive Branch Petition . Urging a return to "the former harmony between |
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