A history of the United States for Catholic schools . gton was appointed, by unanimous vote, commander-in-chief of the Continental Army;(c) a petition to the king was prepared. To this petition the king responded with the declaration thatthe Americans were rebels and traitors, and must be forced to submit to the rule ofthe British even went so faras to hire soldiersfrom foreign powersto help him subju-gate his rebel colo-nies. This Congresscontinued with occa-sional adjournmentuntil March 1, 1781,when it was succeed-ed by the Congressof the Capture ofTiconderog-a an
A history of the United States for Catholic schools . gton was appointed, by unanimous vote, commander-in-chief of the Continental Army;(c) a petition to the king was prepared. To this petition the king responded with the declaration thatthe Americans were rebels and traitors, and must be forced to submit to the rule ofthe British even went so faras to hire soldiersfrom foreign powersto help him subju-gate his rebel colo-nies. This Congresscontinued with occa-sional adjournmentuntil March 1, 1781,when it was succeed-ed by the Congressof the Capture ofTiconderog-a andCrown Point. On theday that the SecondContinental Congressconvened for the firsttime a company of* Green MountainBoys from Vermont, under Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold,surprised the British garrison at Fort Ticonderoga. Enteringthe fort in the night, Ethan Allen found the commander inbed. He ordered him to surrender. In whose name? de-manded the bewildered officer, who had just been arousedfrom sleep. In the name of the Great Jehovah and the Con-. GEOKGE WASHINGTON From the painting by Gilbert Stuart FIRST PERIOD OP THE WAR 187 tinental Congress! replied Allen. No resistance was at-tempted. (Allen was an infidel, and as such his writings,especially his Oracles of Reason, are considered highlyobjectionable from a Catholic standpoint. Allens daughter,however, became a Catholic and joined the community ofhospital nuns at Montreal, where she lived a saintly life.) Crown Point was taken a few days later. By the captureof Ticonderoga and Crown Point the patriots gained possessionof valuable and sorely needed military stores. They further-more obtained control of Lakes Champlain and George, thecoveted water route between New York and Canada. 252. Battle of Bunker Hill. General Gage, having receivedre-enforcements from England, under command of GeneralsHowe, Clinton, and Burgoyne, now commanded at Boston aforce of about eight thousand men. In his plans to fortify theheights, now kno
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