 Complete the following phrase:  The American Revolution begins this year, with the first military engagement being the April 19 Battles of Lexington and Concord on the day after Paul Reveres now-legendary ride. The Second Continental Congress takes various steps toward organizing an American government, appointing George Washington commander-in-chief June 14, Benjamin Franklin postmaster general July 26 and creating a Continental Navy October 13 and a Marine force November 10 as landing troops for it, but as yet the 13 colonies have not declared independence, and both the British June 12 and American July 15 governments make laws. On July 6, Congress issues the Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms and on August 23, King George III of Great Britain declares the American colonies in rebellion, announcing it to Parliament on November 10. On June 17, two months into the colonial siege of Boston, at the Battle of Bunker Hill, just north of Boston, British forces are victorious, but only after suffering severe casualties and after Colonial forces run out of ammunition, 