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What happened May 1775 AD

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  • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
    Friday May 5, 1775
    George Washington

    Joined the Continental Congress in Philadelphia

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
    Friday May 5, 1775

    The colonists were divided over breaking away from British rule and split into two factions: Patriots who rejected British rule, and Loyalists who desired to remain subject to the King. General Thomas Gage was commander of British forces in America at the beginning of the war. Upon hearing the shocking news of the onset of war, Washington was "sobered and dismayed", and he hastily departed Mount Vernon on May 4, 1775, to join the Continental Congress in Philadelphia.



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  • Fort Ticonderoga
    Wednesday May 10, 1775

    Capture of Fort Ticonderoga (1775)

    Fort Ticonderoga
    Wednesday May 10, 1775

    The Green Mountain Boys captured Fort Ticonderoga, New York in the American Revolution.



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