Capture of Ticonderoga and Crown Point 136-140 Second meeting of the Continental Congress 141 Appointment of George Washington to command the Continental army 142-144 The siege of Boston 145 Gage's proclamation 145 The Americans occupy Bunker's and Breed's hills 146 Arrival of Putnam, Stark, and Warren 147 Gage decides to try an assault 148, 149 First assault repulsed 149 Second assault repulsed 150 Prescott's powder gives out 150 Third assault succeeds; the British take the hill 151 British and American losses 151, 152 Excessive slaughter; significance of the battle 153 Its moral effects 154 CHAPTER IV INDEPENDENCE Washington's arrival in Cambridge 155 Continental officers: Daniel Morgan 156 Benedict Arnold, John Stark, John Sullivan 157 Nathanael Greene, Henry Knox 158 Israel Putnam 159 Horatio Gates and Charles Lee 160 Lee's personal peculiarities 161, 162 Dr. Benjamin Church 163 Difficult work for Washington 164 Absence of governmental organization 165 New government of Massachusetts (July, 1775) 166 Congress sends a last petition to the king 167 The king issues a proclamation, and tries to hire troops from Russia 168-170 Catherine refuses; the king hires German troops 170 Indignation in Germany 171 Burning of Falmouth (Portland) 171 Effects of all this upon Congress 172, 173 Montgomery's invasion of Canada and capture of Montreal 174, 175 Arnold's march through the wilderness of Maine 176 Assault upon Quebec (December 31, 1775) 177 Total failure of the attempt upon Canada 178 The siege of Boston 179