1. EXPLAINING ISSUES Why were the British especially interested in capturing the city of Philadelphia?

The British had captured Philadelphia on September 26, 1777, following General George Washington's defeats at the Battle of Brandywine and the Battle of the Clouds. ... Loyalists in the city sailed down the Delaware River to escape the Patriots, who returned to Philadelphia the day after the British departure.

the intolerable acts were punitive laws passed by the british parliament in 1774 after the boston tea party. in great britain, these laws were referred to as the coercive acts.

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