Martha Barreto
History B17A MW 2:35-4
Professor Parker
25 Oct 2016
Analytical Paper Two In David McCullough’s “1776”, he gives some insight on what happened in America during the time of the revolutionary war. We tend to think of the year 1776 as the glorious year the Americans fought their way to independence, but the majority of the time it was anything but glorious. There was “all-too-few victories, sustained suffering, disease, hunger, desertion, cowardice, disillusionment, defeat, terrible discouragement, and fear” (McCullough 294). It certainly was not an easy victory and in fact, it was not an expected victory. The American people were not very optimistic that the Patriot forces could have actually won the war. There were many people who were loyal to the mother country and others who were in favor of a war, but not of independence. It is also important to note that the Americans didn’t start out with an army as impressive and efficient as Britain’s army and this discouraged many people from believing in George Washington and his army. Most American colonists were loyalists. Loyalists were American colonists who remained loyal to the British Crown during the American Revolutionary War. Many people have a hard time understanding why anyone would have remained loyal to the king of England despite all the unfair laws he had imposed on them. History books reflect these ideas now, …show more content…
“The war was a longer, far more arduous, and more painful struggle than later generations would understand or sufficiently appreciate” (McCullough 294). It had taken an estimated 25,000 American lives (McCullough 294). Despite these hardships and struggles, it was the year the Declaration of Independence was signed and the beginning of what would become the greatest, most powerful country in the
History B17A MW 2:35-4
Professor Parker
25 Oct 2016
Analytical Paper Two In David McCullough’s “1776”, he gives some insight on what happened in America during the time of the revolutionary war. We tend to think of the year 1776 as the glorious year the Americans fought their way to independence, but the majority of the time it was anything but glorious. There was “all-too-few victories, sustained suffering, disease, hunger, desertion, cowardice, disillusionment, defeat, terrible discouragement, and fear” (McCullough 294). It certainly was not an easy victory and in fact, it was not an expected victory. The American people were not very optimistic that the Patriot forces could have actually won the war. There were many people who were loyal to the mother country and others who were in favor of a war, but not of independence. It is also important to note that the Americans didn’t start out with an army as impressive and efficient as Britain’s army and this discouraged many people from believing in George Washington and his army. Most American colonists were loyalists. Loyalists were American colonists who remained loyal to the British Crown during the American Revolutionary War. Many people have a hard time understanding why anyone would have remained loyal to the king of England despite all the unfair laws he had imposed on them. History books reflect these ideas now, …show more content…
“The war was a longer, far more arduous, and more painful struggle than later generations would understand or sufficiently appreciate” (McCullough 294). It had taken an estimated 25,000 American lives (McCullough 294). Despite these hardships and struggles, it was the year the Declaration of Independence was signed and the beginning of what would become the greatest, most powerful country in the