WAR IN THE SOUTH AND WEST While Washington and his troops froze in Valley Forge‚ General Howe enjoyed the comforts of Philadelphia. However‚ taking the city gave no military advantage to the British‚ and General Howe was soon to be replaced. General Howe turned over his command to Sir Henry Clinton in 1778. Clinton‚ who had never approved of the Philadelphia venture‚ resolved to leave the city and to return the army to New York. Battle of Monmouth. Washington followed the strung-out British
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The Battle of New Orleans took place and ended in around 1815. Two weeks in fact ‚ after the war of 1812. The Battle of New Orleans lasted from January 8th to January 18th. It was taken place in Chalmette Plantation ( five miles east - southeast of new orleans). It was also the last major battle of The War of 1812. The battle arose on January 8th and it arose because of problems between Britain and New Orleans. The root of the problem was the British already didn’t enjoy presence of America because
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Mexican-American War Jacqulyn De La Torre HIS/110CA 3/16/2015 Hadley Ajana Mexican-American War United States and Mexico were two nations headed in opposite directions. Mexico struggled to maintain a stable government and protect their land. The United States had a strong government and was influenced by the Manifest Destiny to expand its territory and claim its borders to Mexico. The differences‚ along with the skirmish over Mexican-American borders‚ lead to the Mexican-American War. Causes
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The American Civil War was a brutal four year conflict between the Union Army and Confederate States of America with an estimate of 700‚000 total casualties that took place on April 12‚ 1861 until April 9‚ 1865. There were many causes that ultimately led to the war‚ but the immediate cause that was recognized by both the North and South was slavery. A compromise between the free and slave states did not exist‚ and their views were just too different. This eventually led to the Civil War‚ and more
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THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR The Mexican American war was the result of the idea of “manifest destiny.” James K. Polk (the president at the time) wanted to expand America’s western border to the pacific. After the annexation of Texas‚ Mexico became furious and threatened to take Texas back in a powerful way. Polk had about 4000 soldiers guarding Texas while he sent John Slidell to consult with Mexicans to sell both California and New Mexico for $30‚000‚000. Soon Mexico’s president found out about
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Introduction: The battle of Saipan was a battle within the framework of the Pacific war‚ corresponding to the Second World War‚ fought on the island of Saipan (Mariana Islands) between June 15 and July 9‚ 1944. The 2nd and the 4th Marine Division‚ along with the 27th Infantry Division‚ were military forces placed under the command of lieutenant general Holland Smith. They would defeat the 43th. Division of the Imperial Japanese army‚ under the command of lieutenant general Yoshitsugu Saito. In
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The Spanish-American War was fought between the United States‚ and Spain. Sadly it’s not a popular subject in high schools these days‚ so most students don’t know anything about this war. The Spanish-American War marked a new beginning for the United States‚ Cuba and Spain. These countries where affected by the war because the Spanish American war would end the Spanish Empire‚ create a new one‚ and give a colony its independence. WHAT STARTED THE WAR The Spanish American war was about Cubin Independence
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Brandon Parsons February 16‚ 2015 HIUS 221-B29 “American Revolution: Battle of Cowpens‚” in Battlefield Detectives (A&E). 45:46 mins. In the Battle of Cowpens‚ the 800 American soilders led by General Daniel Morgan decisively defeated 1200 British soilders led by Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton. The American soilders consisted mostly of hunters and farmers and had much less training than the British soilders. The main reason that the Americans were able to pevail was a result of the strategies
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The American Dream as told through Illustrations of the Future The concept of the American Dream has been something that has drawn people to the United States for the past two hundred years. But is the American Dream the same as it was at its inception? The American Dream has traditionally been defined as the concept that no matter where someone starts out in life‚ he or she can work his or her way upward and achieve an “ultimate dream” through dedication and hard work. However‚ this “ultimate dream”
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Spanish American war The Spanish American War was a very interesting war‚ some don’t know how the war started. The war was mostly started when the USS Maine blew up killing 250 American sailors‚ but if it wasn’t for Cuban rebels attack American plantations the USS Maine wouldn’t have been in Cuba due to the fact that President McKinley wanted nothing to do with Cuba’s battle for independence. McKinley wanted to stay at peace but due to what journalist were publishing American
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