The British nation a history / by George MWrong . ies feared the same despotism forthemselves, and resented bitterly the privileges granted tothe old enemy of Puritanism, the Church of Kome. In April, 1775, the colonial militia attacked at Lexing-ton, near Boston, a force sent by General Cage to seizesome military stores at Concord, and a bloodyofhostmtier^ and indecisive engagement followed. A littlelater the British, with enormous loss to them-selves, dislodged an American force which had gatheredon Bunkers Hill, overlooking Boston. George Washing-ton was made commander-in-chief of the Ameri
The British nation a history / by George MWrong . ies feared the same despotism forthemselves, and resented bitterly the privileges granted tothe old enemy of Puritanism, the Church of Kome. In April, 1775, the colonial militia attacked at Lexing-ton, near Boston, a force sent by General Cage to seizesome military stores at Concord, and a bloodyofhostmtier^ and indecisive engagement followed. A littlelater the British, with enormous loss to them-selves, dislodged an American force which had gatheredon Bunkers Hill, overlooking Boston. George Washing-ton was made commander-in-chief of the American forces,and soon definitely began abitter struggle which lastedfor eight years. An attemptto draw the newly concfueredCanada to the American sidefailed, after an unsuccessfulinvasion of that Congress at Philadelphiadeclared in 1776 that Ameri-ca was independent of GreatBritain. France, Spain, andHolland were ultimately in-volved in the contest—France to aid struggling libertyand also to humble a recently victorious foe; Spain to. Georoe WAsniNGTON (1732-1799). THE ERA OP THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 471 recover Minorca and Gibraltar; Holland to check Britisharrogance upon the high seas. Nor was Britain herselfat one, for the Whigs held that the colonies were in the
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