has to make the decision whether to keep fighting for what they believe in no matter what the stakes or to flee. In December of 1777‚ George Washington and his troops arrived at Valley Forge. Since the summer of 1775‚ all has gone well for the Continental Army. More recently Washington was presumably unable to stop General Howe and his British soldiers from claiming the national capital of Philadelphia. With Howe and his army of approximately 18‚000 comfortably quartered in Philadelphia‚ Washington
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Washington was chosen commander of the American army primarily because of his military abilities and experience. 2. T F Following the Battle of Bunker Hill‚ King George made one last attempt at reconciliation with his American subjects and their Continental Congress. 3. T F The American invasion of Canada in 1775 was based in part on the false belief that oppressed French Canadians would rise up in revolt and join the thirteen colonies in revolt. 4. T F Tom Paine’s Common Sense was most important
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George Washington was a great person. He was the only person who could have held the army together and keep them from quitting. George Washington kept his military from quitting and he led the country to victory in the Revolutionary War. He was appointed the first president of the United States of America. His generals originally wanted to call him king but he refused because he thought that if he was named king then they would have accomplished nothing so he made them call him President. George
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the tactical advantage over the British at Yorktown. General Washington realized American forces have to remained on the defensive and wait for opportunities against the British in order for the revolution to succeed and to avoid destruction. His continental army remained its position in the Hudson Highlands and
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On frigid day in December‚ George Washington rode his horse about his estate in Mount Vernon‚ Virginia during an array of occasional rain fall and snow flurries‚ as he administered his daily activities and duties. Later that evening‚ Mr. Washington would remark on having a runny nose‚ coughing‚ and a hoarseness of his voice. Early the next morning‚ on December 14‚ 1799‚ Martha Washington was awoken to witness her husband George Washington embracing his chest‚ with an overwhelming shortness of breath
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The Battle of Saratoga took place during 1777; this battle was between the American and the British. The Battle of Saratoga was a major turning point for both countries mostly because this battle was fought for the freedom of the American colonies and for France to become allies with America. During the war many other nations supported the Americans with food‚ money and most importantly with a powerful Navy. Since the American Revolution began the British were the most powerful nation‚ but the
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The End the American Revolution‚ the Siege of Yorktown WO1 Brian E. Wright 290A Warrant Officer Basic Course Primary Instructor: WO2 Steven P. Quast 6 January 2016 September 1781. The south had lost major strongholds in Savannah‚ Charleston and Camden. The battle was starting to turn in Georgia and South Carolina which forced the British north. The global superpower of Great Britain was involved in the American Revolution in full force as well as‚ First Anglo-Maratha War‚ Fourth Anglo-Dutch
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February 11‚ 1731 – December 14‚ 1799 was an American politic and soldier who served as the the first president of the united states from 1789 to 1797 and was one of the Founding fathers in the United States. He served as chief of the army called the continental army during the war of the americans and later presided over the 1787 convention that drafted the united constitution. He is popularly considered the driving force behind the nation’s establishment and came to be known as the the father of our country
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ever had. Women‚ like Abigail Adams‚ hoped to have men remember that they had talents and abilities beyond those of a housekeeper. In addition to women‚ the lives of slaves were affected by the Revolution. Because many slaves had enlisted in the Continental Army‚ slaves in the north were liberated; however‚ the south viewed slaves as a necessity to benefit the economy and were not so generous in freeing slaves. Slaves that served with the British left with them at the end of the war. Many slaves left
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The capture and hanging of Nathan hale gathering following the American loss of Long Island‚ Nathan had volunteered to cross enemy lines and gather as much information about the British army in New Work as he could. To do this‚ hale disguised himself as a Dutch schoolteacher and made his way to New York from Norwalk‚ Connecticut still being the same schoolteacher he said he was. Samuel Hale‚ which was one of nathans relative ‚ turned him in after recognizing him in Nathan hale was born on june
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