1770's Continued...

-Olive Branch Petition- Congress adopted this professing loyalty to the crown and begging the king to prevent further hostilites

-Battle of Bunker Hill-Tiny American force under Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold surprised and captured the British garrisons at Ticonderoga and Crown Point in Upper New York.
1776
-Declaration of Independence
* Richard Henry urged for independence
* Thomas Jefferson wrote it; upheld "natural rights"
* July 4, 1776
1777
-Brandywine- Washington was defeated at this battle
* William Howe defeated Americans under George Washington, cleared the way for the British occupation of Philadelphia.
-Saratoga- Burgoyne surrendered
* Turning point in the revolution