Battles of Lexington and Concord

Milan Martinique closed the U.S. History textbook. “I hate this class! None of this stuff makes sense to me and it’s not like anyone is ever going to talk about this again after June 17th anyway”, Milan Martinique groaned aloud. As Milan Martinique got up from the desk in her room, Milan Martinique turned towards the bed and fell forward onto on the bed. As Milan Martinique’s eyes got heavier and heavier, all she could mutter was “who cares about the American Revolution? It is not like it…

clearly done just fine without British control or support throughout the war. The battles in the south and west greatly weakened the Redcoats. It should have been predictable that the Patriots would win the war because the British would never recruit less-than-human slaves to fight for them unless they were absolutely desperate. The final battle of the American Revolution happened in October 1781 and was known as the Battle of Yorktown. The Patriots had been depressed because General Benedict…

In the years leading up to the American Revolution, the British Parliament passed many acts that prompted a variety of responses from the colonists. Due to the costly Seven Years’ War Britain fought with France, they had debt to pay and naturally looked to their colonies to help relieve the cost burden, especially because the results benefited them. In mild cases, the colonists protested, grumbled, and didn’t do much more. However, as these acts progressively got more invasive and affected the…

The American and French revolutions were sparked from ideas stemming from the era of Enlightenment. This Enlightenment era was revolutionized by new theories of which government and citizens should work. These ideas stemming from philosophers like John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, Rousseau and Montesquieu motivated the American and French Revolutions. For the general purpose of this paper, let us compare and contrast the causes of the American and French Revolutions and how these causes reflected in…

's Rule. However, other historians, such as Stanley Weintraub have said that the British were shocked by the war, which they see as beginning with the first battle at Lexington and Concord on April 19 1775 . Weintraub notes that being across the ocean, the British were oblivious of the militia’s growth until they came head to head in battle. The difference between these two time periods as starting points to the war show how the difference geography and the various sides of a story can effect…

I. Trouble began after 1763; it climaxed in 1774. A. The Seven Years War between France and Britain ended in 1763 with the signing of the Treaty of Paris. B. Britain had gone into debt from the wars and was now trying to tax her colonies to pay off her debts. Through a series of acts, Britain angers the Thirteen Colonies. C. In March of 1770, snowballs were thrown at a group of British soldiers. One of the soldiers was hit by the snowball and fired his musket. This shot caused others…

Goods until the acts were repealed. Then the King passed the Intolerable Act of 1774, which resulted in a rebellion by the Continental Congress and they appointed Washington as the delegate to the First Continental Congress in 1775. Battles erupted at Lexington and Concord and then George Washington put on his military uniform and then was appointed Major General and Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army on June 15, 1775. He was fit to lead the Continental Army by his military experience,…

In the time between 1765-1800 there were voluminous events and people that influenced the formation of the United States of America as an independent and sovereign state; ultimately, they guided the instituting and authorization of the United States Government. During the years of 1765-1783 the colonies of America instigate a revolution and a war to gain independence from their fathering country of England. Throughout the years of 1777-1800 the colonies and states of America construct a…

skirmishing with American regulars and militia employing guerilla tactics. The volunteer guerrilla sharpshooters who made up the Marion Brigade are explored in Hugh F. Rankin's Francis Marion: The Swamp Fox. These individuals played a crucial part in the battles of Georgetown, Eutaw Springs, and Parker's Ferry. The tactics of Daniel Morgan, often considered the greatest militia commander in the Revolutionary War, and other militiamen proved quite disruptive and discouraging to the redcoats.…

The definition of an America has been built around the concepts of life and liberty for every citizen since its development as an independent nation. Americans are given freedoms that protect us, freedoms that allow us to live in peace, freedoms which protect every citizen from outside oppression. Over the span of 300 years of existence as an independent, self-sustained nation, The United State of America has withstood political,social, economic and cultural endeavours and continue to represent…