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    DBQ Essay Women‚ African Americans‚ and Foreigners all had different roles that positively impacted the outcome of the revolution. Without these groups of people the colonists victory would not have happened. Women in the Revolutionary War had various roles that affected the war in ways that benefited the Patriots greatly. Women fought on the battlefield‚ took over jobs for men that were unable to do those jobs‚ and did things for the soldiers on the home front. A handful of women bravely fought

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    during the Revolutionary War At the start of the American Revolutionary War the odds were pitted heavily in favor of an easy British victory. The British had the largest empire in the world at the time‚ the largest navy‚ and the best trained standing army of the day. America only had a militia‚ no means of raising money to obtain supplies‚ and no navy. Also Britain had just finished winning a war to defeat France‚ which gave the French a reason to help the colonies later in the war. However‚ even

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    Welcome you and i are about to take a journey through the revolutionary war and what had happened at this time. In this time life was hard and for normal people it was hard to this war however it was what gave us our rights as our own people. Now think about how it was for the people caught in the crossfire like the civilians this was because the british thought we were playing dirty so they tried playing dirty themselves and did something new this was total warfare this is when the british destroyed

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    The Role of African Americans in the Revolutionary War An estimated 100‚000 African Americans escaped‚ died or were killed during the American Revolution(Mount). Roughly 95% of African Americans in the United States were slaves‚ and because of their status‚ the use of them during the revolution was inevitable(Mount). This led many Americans‚ especially those from the North‚ to believe that the South’s economy would collapse without slavery due to the use of slaves on the front lines. However‚

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    DBQ: Causes of the Revolutionary War After the French and Indian War‚ tensions grew between Britain and the colonies. American colonies were justified for waging war and breaking away from Britain because we were trying to defend ourselves from unfair Parliament measures that were imposed on us without our consent. Such as‚ being so poorly and unfairly treated by British officers‚ we had no other choice but to resist the power of Britain over us and fight for our independence; and having imposed

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    Would the Americans have gained their independence without help from the French? If it was not for the help of the French‚ America would have never gained their independence from Britain. Britain was the biggest empire that the world had seen since the Roman Empire. In fact‚ without assistance the Americans were no match for Britain. The hatred towards the British from both the French and Americans had made it easy for them to form an alliance. In 1778‚ representatives of both America and France

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    Period 7 AP American History February 1‚2000 The American Tactics of the Revolutionary War Biography and Footnotes _________ Research ___________ Critical Analysis ___________ Historical Interpretation ___________ Technical ___________ Content ___________ Originality ___________ Style of writing ___________ Prove thesis ___________ Eric Heppen American History Term Paper December 13‚ 1999 Period 7 The American Tactics of

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    The way I see it the Americans won the Revolution and the British lost a colonial war for independence. At the beginning of the war‚ there was not a regular American army like we have today‚ just a militia made up of civilians‚ most of which were farmers. So naturally‚ they were not used to the long battles with the British Regulars. As a result thousands quit. What signaled the beginning of the American Revolution was the first battle on April 19‚ 1775 at Lexington. General Gage was in charge

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    has been called the most important battle in the Revolutionary War. How the Battle of Saratoga happened was‚ first the British Generals came up with a plan to disconnect New England from the other colonies by taking control of Albany‚ the Hudson River‚ and New York City which would ultimately bring the war to a quick end. After the British easily captured Fort Ticonderoga the carless General Burgoyne dragged South unhurriedly while the Americans hurriedly regrouped under the command of Horatio Gates

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    I have been living in the war zone a fighting for it feels like ages. But I feel as if we as a colony‚ we may pull away from Britain and win this war. After our two losses we banded together won at the battle of the turning point. The Battle of Saratoga. Tide tide has turned and we Americans are riding it to victory. The battle was won by the Continental Army‚ on October 17‚ 1777‚ and it was amazing. After Burgoyne’s surrender‚ we gained hope and we believed we may win. Us colonists also gained

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