Should I Stay Or Should I Go “...There comes a Soldier‚ his bare feet are seen thro’ his worn out Shoes‚ his legs nearly naked from the tatter’d remains of an only pair of stockings…” -Dr. Albigence Waldo. George Washington and his troops arrived at Valley Forge in December of 1777. They decided to build a winter camp here to keep an eye on the British. The conditions of this camp were extremely harsh. Soldiers clothes were torn to threads‚ it was cold‚ illness was spreading‚ and food was running
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The Culper Ring‚ the American spy network that provided George Washington with intelligence about the British in the New York area‚ was so shrouded in secrecy that there are still unanswered questions about how they operated. Initially‚ George Washington had appointed General Charles Scott in charge of intelligence. After several of the General’s men were captured and executed‚ (Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation‚ 2014) George Washington appointed Major Benjamin Tallmadge as Director of Military Intelligence
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until the actual end result of the war. Although the British were heavily recruiting enslaved African Americans‚ the Patriots were not as eager to allow African Americans to fight on their side. However‚ it was not until later into the war when George Washington finally decided to allow free blacks to enlist on the Patriots side because they feared that there would be a rebellion from the slaves.1 While most people viewed the American Revolution as the war for the colonies to gain independence from the
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American Presidents and their Military Experiences President | Service | Rank | Active Service | Barack Obama | None | None | None | George W. Bush | Texas Air National Guard | First Lieutenant | Stateside service during Vietnam War (1698-1973) | Bill Clinton | None | None | None | George H. W. Bush | United States Naval Reserve | Lieutenant | World War II (1942-1945) Distinguished Flying Cross | Ronald Reagan | United States Naval Reserve‚ Unites States Army Air Corps | Captain | Stateside
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1776 Book Review Throughout history‚ one of the most memorable wars for Americans will be the American Revolution. This was a time when the thirteen American colonies broke off from the mother country of England and fought for their independence. David McCullough writes about the American Revolution in his non-fictional historical book 1776. This book helps readers better understand the conditions the soldiers and generals were in‚ the point of view from many of the generals‚ and some important
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1776 1: Chapter 1 introduces King George III and the conditions in England prior to and during the deployment of British troops to Boston. Described as “a person of simple tastes and few pretensions‚” the king is shown to slowly feel disdain towards America. 2: Chapter 2 depicts the conditions in America. It outlines the leaders of the army and a few who were representing the colonies. It described the American army to be made of “undisciplined‚ poorly armed volunteer force of farmers‚” with
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fighting it will just make them more angry at us. In 1776 the Declaration of Independence was written. During the War George Washington and his men made a grand retreat. A retreat means we are probably losing the war‚ so if we are going to lose‚ we might as well stop so soldiers do not keep dying. Valley Forge is a village in the mountains in Philadelphia‚ where George Washington and his army had set up winter camp. The first reason I will not reenlist is because of the conditions. We do not have
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federal tax on whiskey that was an idea from the Secretary of the Treasury‚ who at this time was Alexander Hamilton. Slaughter says that the tax was designed to retire the national debt and was approved by Congress and supported by President George Washington. In the book‚ Slaughter takes the time at the introduction to explain all the underlying causes of this national argument and gives a detailed explanation of why some citizens thought the tax was acceptable while others believed it was abusive
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Revolutionary How did the United States of America begin? Well through many battles‚ not all fought with physical weapons America gained and struggled for its independence. This took much effort on our part and the decision to never to give up. What is this time and what happened in it‚ well not all people know the answer to this simple inquiry. Named the Revolutionary period‚ wars were fought‚ with opinions‚ weapons‚ and words. The Revolutionary period went from 1764 to 1789. It marked a time of
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the British lost more than 1‚000. Salem was credited with the shot that killed British Major John Pitcairn. Salem re-enlisted in 1776 and fought at Saratoga and Stony Point. General George Washington forbade blacks from soldiering. After Virginia’s governor‚ Lord Dunmore‚ freed slaves to serve the British‚ Washington reversed his own orders‚ and in January 1776‚ Salem re-enlisted. After the war‚ Salem built a cabin near Leicester‚ Massachusetts‚ and worked as a cane weaver. He died in the Framingham
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