University of Phoenix Material Causes and Outcomes of the Revolution Part 1: Causes Complete the grid by describing each pre-war event and explaining how it contributed to the Revolutionary War. Pre-war event Description Contribution to the Revolutionary War French and Indian War A war from 1754-1763 between England and France. Over disputed land in the Ohio Valley. The French and Indian War changed the Crown’s method of ruling the colonies from salutary neglect to tightening control of the colonist
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We took over Fort Ticonderoga on May 10‚ 1775. We surprised the British and took their large supply of weapons‚ including cannons. They then brought the cannons to Dorchester Heights and took back Boston from the British. This took a lot strategy to bring the cannons and ammunition from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston. Henry Knox and his men moved the cannon 300 miles in 56 days. They did it during the winter with
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Continental Military used any assets available to include a supply of cannons and mortars acquired at Fort Ticonderoga by Ethan Allen. Colonel Knox‚ known as the Father of the United States Army Artillery‚ played a key part of turning the tide and the eventual win of the American Revolutionary War. Col. Knox moved‚ from December 5‚ 1775 - January 24‚ 1776‚ 59 cannons and mortars acquired from Fort Ticonderoga and moved them to Boston to a heavily fortified position placed on Dorchester Heights to push the
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soon became a militia captain of Continental Army when the war began. The first conflict that Arnold took part in was the Capture of Fort Ticonderoga‚ during which he joined forces another militia captain named Ethan Allen (“Ethan Allen Captures”). Together‚ during the night of May 9‚ 1775‚ both men and their militia crossed Lake Champlain towards Fort Ticonderoga‚ New York‚ which was currently under British control‚ and just as the sun rose‚ launched a surprise invasion of the fort. As a result of
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Rodriguez 2 designed by Knox and they developed a friendly relationship. In 1775‚ because the army desperately needed artillery Washington asked Knox for advice in November 1775. Knox advised Washington to transport the canons captured at fort Ticonderoga to the siege lines around Boston. Washington commissioned Knox as a Colonel in the Continental army and was sent north as the winter approached. When he
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Prior to his act of treason‚ Benedict Arnold was highly regarded as America’s greatest Revolutionary general. Due to his high rank and excellent performance on the battlefield it seemed most unlikely that Arnold would defect to the other side. "Arnold has betrayed us. Whom can we trust now?" asked George Washington who now felt that no one could be trusted once Arnold had betrayed his country of which he had shown so much love for beforehand. Arnold had been a die-hard patriot who at the Boston Massacre
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7 Bad Study Habits A College Student Must Not Have Page 1 of 4 www lumosity com Ads by Google 7 Bad Study Habits A College Student Must Not Have 80 By emievil Bad Study Habits Can Break a College Student’s Grade I’ve been teaching part-time for the past one and a half years. My subjects? Basic business concepts and basic accounting for information technology students. I enjoy what I do and I like my students (so far). That doesn’t mean though that I’m not a strict one. In fact‚ I
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Hudson Valley and southern New York‚ as there was a very small number of travel routes in upper New York state. (armyhistory.org) Not only was New York City a key area of the war‚ but the Hudson Valley was home to multiple forts‚ including Fort Ticonderoga‚ Fort Montgomery‚ and Fort Clinton. (vintagehudsonvalley.com) Brigadier General
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many gave up and went back home to their families. These victories have caused loses in large numbers and bigger hopes and dreams of our Patriotic forces. There were some patriot loses: Philadelphia‚ Brandywine‚ Germantown‚ New York City‚ and Ft. Ticonderoga. The victory in Yorktown was our last but one of our greatest victories this whole revolution. The 17‚000 American and French troops that were sent into the battlefield made the British General Cornwallis surrender his troops and himself in October
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The British found themselves surrounded and 273 of their men were killed. This was the first battle of the revolution Fort Ticonderoga On May 10‚ 1775‚ Benedict Arnold of Massachusetts joined Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys of Vermont in an attack on the fort‚ surprising and capturing the British garrison. The Battle of Fort Ticonderoga was the first American victory of the Revolutionary War. It gave the Continental Army much-needed artillery that would be used in future battles
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