new questions picture of george iii Received Olive Branch Petition Received news of the Battle of Bunker (Breeds) Hill Declared colonies in rebellion - WAR King George III received two letters at the start of the American War for Independence. One was from the Second Continental Congress, and it was a last effort to avoid warfare, often called the Olive Branch Petition. In it, the colonists pledged their loyalty to the crown. The second letter the king received revealed the number of British soldier casualties following the Battle of Bunker Hill. Instead of choosing a path of peace, even if it was still possible, King George believed that the colonies were already in a state of rebellion, and that war was justified. Higher % killed (than any other conflict except the Civil War 1861-1865 ---HST202) It WAS a civil war (dividing line was less clear than in 1861, slave and free) British COULD have won in 1776 and 1780 Americans won ONLY with French help early victories Lexington & Concord Minutemen vs. Redcoats Battle of Bunker (Breeds) Hill Illustrated the failure of the frontal attack Expelling the British from Boston After a siege Crossing delaware and capturing Hessians HISTORIANS and fulton question here TF use snake cartoon frontal assault and bunker hill - FALSE Brit historian picture added to TF statistics kids with guns pic added to TF GW pic added to new TF question on his letters to Martha Saratoga MC question added our forum PIC wood maker nash radical revolution our class clicker example PIC OREGON state constitution like Mass and John Adams MC Mass constitution like the federal constitutions Drafted by convention 1779, ratified by the people Bill of Rights Annual elections House of Representatives (chosen by towns - pop) Senate (counties according to property values, not pop) Governor elected by people, veto, 2/3 override All adult free males could vote Vote for each article separately PIC Professor Macdonald maybe something on precedents or the capitol at DC and bogus anti-fed arguments immortality Who wrote the Federalist Papers to help ratify the Constitution?