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General howe's army is here. colonel reed, send a message to congress. ask if they plan on declaring independence before this city is overrun by the british! >> yes, your excellency. >> as more british ships arrive in new york harbor, troops begin to land on the undefended shores of staten island. they're led by general william howe, commander of the british army in america. howe is looking for a decisive victory in new york while washington continues to wait on congress. today, we vote on the

I call upon you, dr. franklin, to explain yourself. >> good heavens. [ all murmuring ] >> franklin realized there was no point in responding to this. this was the direction the british government was going. "and that being the case, i want no part of this." in that two-hour session, he went from being an englishman to being an american. >> with nothing left for him in london, franklin returns to america. while he's at sea, the american revolution moves out of the streets and onto the battlefields. >> attack! [ indistinct shouting ] thanks for the ride around

>> with no colonial taxes being collected, parliament is in a state of panic, which means so is hutchinson. >> you have to remember at parliament, they're dealing with an empire that is stretching all around the world. if they allow the abuse of tax collectors in boston, that would encourage lawlessness all around. they decided, "we gotta make an example by putting more troops in boston to kind of clamp down on the troublemakers." >> boston is now under military occupation. >> this is an outrage, mr. revere. a provocation! i fear there's no turning back now. >> oh, there's no turning back for ...

>> with no colonial taxes being collected, parliament is in a state of panic, which means so is hutchinson. >> you have to remember at parliament, they're dealing with an empire that is stretching all around the world. if they allow the abuse of tax collectors in boston, that would encourage lawlessness all around. they decided, "we gotta make an example by putting more troops in boston to kind of clamp down on the troublemakers." >> boston is now under military occupation. >> this is an outrage, mr. revere. a provocation! i fear there's no turning back now. >> oh, there's no turning back for ...

. jon: a piece of world history could be submerged off the coast of rhode island. archaeologists suspect the ship used by the 18th century explorer captain james cook may lie a few hundred feet offshore. the director of rhode island's marine archaeology project talked about the find area. >> we spent a number of years looking through a fleet of vessels that were sunk in newport harbor in 1778. they were significant because they were part of the events that took place before the battle of rhode island so that has to be important for the american revolution and what happened in rhode island duri...