Excerpt from The Centennial Battle of Bunker Hill: With a View of Charlestown in 1775, Page's Plan of the Action, View Exact the of the Battle, and Other Illustrations

The events of the great day of Lexington and- Concord battle changed the American cause from commercial war to armed resistance. The colonies were then in the relation of Union, with a basis of brotherhood, common peril, and a common object. Its embodiment was the government of congresses and committees inaugurated by the Continental Congress. "The country," wrote Samuel Gray, July 12, 1775, "have the greatest confidence in its wisdom and integrity. No laws were ever more binding upon all ranks of people than their orders." This government continued until the ratification of the Articles of Confederation. Under its authority the colonies enrolled the militia for the common defence.

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