On May 10, 1775, a small group of New Englanders, known as the (12)_____________________________, led by (13)___________________
__________ captured the British Fort Ticonderoga at Lake Champlain. Committees of (14)_____________________________ sent out calls for volunteers to join the militias. In June, 1775, redcoats charged militia members on (15)_____________________________. The colonists ran out of (16)_____________________________ and withdrew, but the British suffered heavy losses. The (17)_____________________________ did not consider unfair taxes and regulations sufficient cause for rebellion. The (18)_____________________________, however, were determined to fight for independence.
