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Appendix C
Outcomes of the Revolution
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the grid by describing each military event and explaining its relationship to the outcome of the Revolutionary War.
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British retreated toward Boston, new waves of Colonial militia intercepted
them. Shooting from behind fences and trees, the militias inflicted over 125
casualties, including several officers. The ferocity of the encounter
surprised both sides.”
Lexington and Concord. (2012). Retrieved from
gaining many new recruits.
Fort
Ticonderoga
According to "The Battle Of Ticonderoga 1777" (2012), “In 1775 Fort
Ticonderoga was surprised and captured by the Americans under Ethan
Allen and Benedict Arnold. The Fort provided the heavy artillery that the
colonists needed to bombard General Gage out of Boston. Ticonderoga
again became an important bastion on the route from the Hudson River to
Canada, this time to resist British invasion from North to South. The end of
the 1776 campaigning season saw British forces, under the governor of
Canada, Guy Carleton, and Major General “Gentleman Johnnie”
Burgoyne, advance south down Lake Champlain and threaten Fort
Ticonderoga. But the year was far advanced and Carleton was an old North
American hand. He considered it would be too difficult to supply a
garrison in Ticonderoga over the winter and withdrew his forces to
Canada, in the face of considerable objection from Burgoyne and others
who wanted to seize the fort that year. On 1st July 1777 Burgoyne’s army,
carried by flotilla and marching down the lake side, arrived just north of
Ticonderoga. Light Infantry under Brigadier Simon Fraser infiltrated
around the western side of the fort over Hope Hill. Fraser’s troops crossed
the river leading to Lake George and circled around the southern side of
Ticonderoga. They climbed Sugar Hill and saw, as Trumbull had, that the
Ticonderoga was an important symbol
for the Americans, who expected that
the fort would keep the redcoats out of
the northern colonies, particularly in
view of the winter spent improving the
fortifications. St Clair’s abrupt retreat
caused alarm and outrage. A militant
Protestant chaplain in the garrison, the
Reverend Thomas Allen, wrote “Our
men are eager for the battle, our
magazines filled, our camp crowded
with provisions, flags flying. The
shameful abandonment of Ticonderoga
has not been equaled in the history of
the world.” This sentiment was
repeated with fury across the colonies.
