The beginner's American history . danced in the snow to keep theirbare feet from freezing. At last Washington got both cannon and powder. Hedragged the cannon up to the top of some high land over-looking Boston harbor. He then sent word to GeneralHowe, for Gage had gone, that if he did not leave Boston 1 Sharpshooters : men who can fire and hit a small mark with a bullet at a longdistance. 2 Moccasins (mokka-sins) : Indian shoes made of deerskin. o6 THE BEGINNER S AMERICAN HISTORY. he would knock his ships to pieces. The British saw thatthey could not help themselves, so they made haste to get
The beginner's American history . danced in the snow to keep theirbare feet from freezing. At last Washington got both cannon and powder. Hedragged the cannon up to the top of some high land over-looking Boston harbor. He then sent word to GeneralHowe, for Gage had gone, that if he did not leave Boston 1 Sharpshooters : men who can fire and hit a small mark with a bullet at a longdistance. 2 Moccasins (mokka-sins) : Indian shoes made of deerskin. o6 THE BEGINNER S AMERICAN HISTORY. he would knock his ships to pieces. The British saw thatthey could not help themselves, so they made haste to geton board their vessels and sail away. They never cameback to Boston again, but went to New York. 137. The Declaration of Independence; Down with theking! Washington is driven from New Yorl and across theDelaware River. — Washington got to New York he was there. Congress,^ on the 4th of July, 1776,declared the United States independent — that is, entirelyfree from the rule of the king of England. There was a ilded. lead statue of King George the on horseback in NewWhen the York. Down with the King! newsof what Congresshad done reachedthat city, there wasa great cry of Down with theking ! That nightsome of our menpulled down thestatue, melted it up, and cast it into bullets. The next month there was a battle on Long Island,^just across from New York City; the British gained thevictory. Washington had to leave New York, and LordCornwallis, one of the British generals, chased him andhis little army clear across the state of New Jersey. Itlooked at one time as though our men would all be takenprisoners, but Washington managed to seize a lot of smallboats on the Delaware River^ and get across into Pennsyl-vania : as the British had no boats, they could not follow. 1 Congress: see note on page See map on page 102. 2 See map on page 102. GEORGE WASHINGTON. 07 138. Washingtons victory at Trenton, New Jersey. — LordCornwallis left fifteen hundred German soldiers a
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