6.2 2 nd continental congress battle of bunker hill description of the event it weakened the ties...
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6.2 2nd Continental Congress
Battle of Bunker Hill
Description of the eventIt weakened the ties between the colonies and Britain because…
Symbol of the event
Explanation of symbol:
5/10/1775 – 2nd CC meets in Philadelphia
2CC creates continental army, makes GW general
5/16/1775 – Putnam & colonists build fort at Breed’s Hill
British attack 3x; misnamed Bunker Hill
Putnam: “Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes.”
1000 British dead; ~500 colonists dead
Answers will vary:Showed the strength and determination of the continental army
Symbols will vary! But, this should be a symbol, not a picture labeled Bunker Hill.
Answers will vary! But, this should be an EXPLANATION, not a label.
label: an eye explanation: The eye represents the famous statement by Putnam to not waste ammunition, but wait until the British were in very close range before firing.
6.3 Siege of Boston
Description of the eventIt weakened the ties between the colonies and Britain because…
Symbol of the event
Explanation of symbol:
Army had little gunpowder, but GW spread a rumor to trick BritishArmy got supplies from other colonies
Henry Knox sent to Ft. Ticonderoga for artillery
3/4/1776 – colonists cover Dorchester Heights w/cannonsBritish Gen. Howe abandons Boston for Canada
Loyalists left, too
Answers will vary:proved that the colonial army could defeatthe British.
Symbols will vary! But, this should be a symbol, not a picture labeled Boston.
Answers will vary! But, this should be an EXPLANATION, not a label.
label: pencil & Faneuil Hall explanation: Faneuil Hall is an important building in Boston, and the pencil represents the fact that the artillery used by the colonists was stolen from Ft. Ticonderoga!
6.3 2nd Continental Congress
Olive Branch Petition
Description of the eventIt weakened the ties between the colonies and Britain because…
Symbol of the event
Explanation of symbol:
7/1775 – CC sends peace petition to KGIII
John Adams – olive branch is symbol of peace
KGIII “colonies in open rebellion”
KGIII “bring traitors to justice”
One colonial general had questioned separating from Britain, but now…Patrick Henry “we must be independent or slaves”
Answers will vary:showed many colonists that peaceful meanswould not convince the king to meet thecolonists’ needs
Symbols will vary! But, this should be a symbol, not a picture of a scroll.
Answers will vary! But, this should be an EXPLANATION, not a label.
label: a dove explanation: The dove of peace holds a small olive branch to show that the colonists wanted to try to solve their conflict with Britain in a peaceful way.
6.4 Common Sense
Description of the eventIt weakened the ties between the colonies and Britain because…
Symbol of the event
Explanation of symbol:
By Thomas Paine, 1776
America suffered under British control: economy & war“oppose not only the tyranny, but the tyrant!”
Monarchy is a poor form of gov’t
Taxes were hurting the economy/difficult for colonists to make $$small far-away island shouldn’t rule a continent
Answers will vary:convinced colonists that they needed freedom from Britain
Symbols will vary! But, this should be a symbol, not a picture of a book.
Answers will vary! But, this should be an EXPLANATION, not a label.
label: colonies and England explanation: England wears a crown to represent KGIII. The arrow shows the distance and tension between England and the colonies, which are reasons to break up with them.