NOTES
John Greene:
- The fighting began on April 19th, 1775 for the American Revolution.
- First two battles: Lexington and Concord
- Second Continental Congress May 1775 -- has to quickly deal with Lexington and Concord. learn that Benedict Arnold take over Ticonderoga. They set up a delegation to draw a declaration of independence, set up the olive branch petition.
- July 1775 Olive Branch Petition, king rejects it
- Thomas Paine's Common Sense January 1776 "America is special and it should not be governed by Britain, whom is far far away" This pamphlet was extremely popular and well read. It inspired the war for independence
- Mercantilism: until 1763 the laws were not enforced. Benefits of Mercantilism: tobacco, protection of the navy, and army
- Know John Hancock president of Second Continental Congress, richest American, made money by smuggling,
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