The story of our nation, from the earliest discoveries to the present time ..together with a graphic account of Porto Rico, Cuba, Hawaii and the Philippine islands .. . dRuth. Georgia whirled into line when the news from Lexington reachedSavannah, although her frontier was then threatened by the Creeks,Chickasaws, Cherokees, and Choctaws. They sent sixty-three barrelsof rice, and a quantity of specie to Boston, and celebrated the kingsbirthday by raising a liberty pole, said Ray. When the news reached Newbern, North Carolina, the Governor THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 175 had the cannon in town dis
The story of our nation, from the earliest discoveries to the present time ..together with a graphic account of Porto Rico, Cuba, Hawaii and the Philippine islands .. . dRuth. Georgia whirled into line when the news from Lexington reachedSavannah, although her frontier was then threatened by the Creeks,Chickasaws, Cherokees, and Choctaws. They sent sixty-three barrelsof rice, and a quantity of specie to Boston, and celebrated the kingsbirthday by raising a liberty pole, said Ray. When the news reached Newbern, North Carolina, the Governor THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 175 had the cannon in town dismounted, sent his wife to New York, andwent on board a sloop-of-war at Fort Johnston, laughed Bennie. But the joke was on Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold who wentwith the Green Mountain Boys to take Ticonderoga, continued Katie. They landed near the fort with eighty-three soldiers, and sentthe boats back for Seth Warner and the rear guard. But, if theywaited for them, they could not surprise the garrison, so they made theattack at once. De la Place, the commander, came out half dressed, andasked by what right the surrender was demanded. In the name of the [1775]. CAPTURE OF TICONDEROGA BY ETHAN ALLEN. Great Jehovah and of the Continental Congress! was Allens unex-pected reply, and well it might be unexpected for the Continental Con-gress did not assemble at Philadelphia until several hours after that !That was the joke. But the fort, which cost the British eight millionsof dollars, and many lives, was surrendered to a few raw recruits with-out the loss of a single man. Before the battle of Bunker Hill, Seth Warner, Allens lieutenant,took Crown Point, and Arnold captured St. Johns, two important posts,with two hundred cannon and lots of ammunition, declared Bennie. The Continental Congress met at Philadelphia, decided to place 176 THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. all the colonies iu a state of defence, and prepare for war while doingtheir best to avert it. They also prepared another pet
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