. A history of the United States. plan for 1777? Why was General Burgoynesent from Canada to New York? Why was he sent by the Champlain-Hudsonroute? 9. Why did not General Howe help Burgoyne more? How was Burgoynecaptured? 10. What had the British gained during the third year of the war? Whathad they lost? A Continental Sol-dier IN 1777 202 THE BIRTH OF A NEW NATION EXERCISES 1. Make a list of the arguments that patriot leaders like John Adams andThomas Paine gave for complete separation from Great Britain, and anotherlist of the arguments that the loyalists used against the step. 2. Find out
. A history of the United States. plan for 1777? Why was General Burgoynesent from Canada to New York? Why was he sent by the Champlain-Hudsonroute? 9. Why did not General Howe help Burgoyne more? How was Burgoynecaptured? 10. What had the British gained during the third year of the war? Whathad they lost? A Continental Sol-dier IN 1777 202 THE BIRTH OF A NEW NATION EXERCISES 1. Make a list of the arguments that patriot leaders like John Adams andThomas Paine gave for complete separation from Great Britain, and anotherlist of the arguments that the loyalists used against the step. 2. Find out from one who knows whether the frame of government of thestates today resembles that made during the Revolution, and in what way it ■ dififers. 3. Make out a list of the gains of each side during the years 1775, 1776,and 1777. Important Dates: 1776. July 4. The Declaration of Independence. 1776. December 26. The Battle of Trenton. 1777. September 26. Howe enters Philadelphia. 1777. October 17. The surrender of General The Liberty BellIn Independence Hall, Philadelphia CHAPTER XVIII LIFE IN WAR TIME What the War Did Not Do. — The Revolutionary Warlasted seven years and yet few regions in the colonies saw anarmy of either friend or foe. The march to Concord or toBennington was the longest expedition the British made inNew England. They ravaged one or two Connecticut towns,burned Falmouth, Maine, and occupied Newport, and thatwas all the New Englanderssaw of them after Boston wasabandoned. Until 1780 life on the Vir-ginia plantations went on asusual, except that it was hard-er to market tobacco. Thesame is true of the coloniesfarther south. New Jerseyand the Hudson River Valleysuffered most. Even therethe mischief was commonlydone by bands of patri-ots or of loyalists determinedto bring destruction upon oneanother. The presence of theBritish army did not alwaysmean ruin to a neighborhood, for the officers frequently paidthe farmers in gold and silver for the meat, f
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