Colonial troops

Boston Massacre The Boston Massacre was one of the most important events that have ever taken place in Colonial America. It sparked the start of the Revolutionary War, which caused many of those loyal to Britain to rally with those who wanted freedom, and it was considered a turning point for many colonists, to fight the British. Life back then was hard. The colonists had tried to rebel and as a result; the British Parliament passed many acts that negatively affected the colonist’s everyday…

Colonists to pay merchants in gold and silver, rather than paper money. It was impossible for them to pay in gold and silver when resources were getting harder to get. The Colonial reaction was a continuation in hostility and refusal to pay. The Quartering Act of 1765 was a policy that required colonists to offer their houses to British troops, they were also vital to feed them. The colonists responded to this by protesting in legislatures. This eventually led to the Boston Massacre of 1770.…

Robert Pringle Informed his brother of the impending arrival of 30 barrels of illicit gunpowder immediately after informing him about the location of a naval patrol with a “strong squadron and a great number of troops on board.” Henry Laurens was quick to suggest illicit trade to a few of his trusted business relations, albeit in far more cautious terms. In a letter to Captain Thomas Osborne of the schooner Jolly Batchelor, Laurens stated that “ you and I both know that some branches of…

The American Revolution was a fight between Great Britain and the original thirteen colonies. The thirteen colonies wanted their freedom from Britain. The start of the battle was at Lexington and concord in April of 1775 between troops and colonial militiamen. That following summer, rebels waged war for independence. Three years later in 1778, the French joined the war siding with the colonists. The Americans won the war in 1781 at Yorktown, Virginia after the British surrendered. But, it…

the plan on July 10, 1754. Despite the support of many colonial leaders, the Albany Plan was rejected by Great Britain’s King George II and the union failed due to the colonists being biased and having felt allegiance to their colonies. Although the Albany Plan was not created to secure independence from Great Britain, the colonies desire for independence and the formation of a union to reform colonial-imperial relations began to…

‘The United Nation (UN) has been an ineffective actor in maintaining peace and security in the post-Cold War era’. Critically evaluate that claim. The United Nations (UN) is the closest the international system has to an international government, it is organisation bringing 193 member states together in order to “maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, and cooperate in solving international problems.” These are main goals highlighted in the UN…

Howe’s army, composed of several British regiments and upwards of 9,000 German mercenaries, took New York from Washington with ease. George Washington’s army over the long winter months, dwindled to a mere 3,000 volunteers. Because of this lack of troops, Washington resulted to guerilla warfare, avoiding direct combat. At the start of the Revolutionary War, many wealthy merchants and landowners donated guns and joined the army in an act of spontaneous patriotism. A few veterans of the Seven…

In the mid 1700’s Americans were seemingly more British then ever before. However, soon the American Colonists started to believe that being a part of the British Empire jeopardized their freedom. The British used taxes and violence as ways to slowly take away the freedom of these colonies. The colonists knew that they needed to act as soon as possible, and now they see themselves as more American than British. “True liberty, then, is a liberty to do everything that is right, and the being…

1724, in Strabane, Ireland and was the third son of Christopher Carleton and Catherine Bell. The Carleton’s were originally from Cumberland County, England but decided to migrate to Ireland because of the support given to the British Army and the Colonial Service by the Protestants. When Sir Guy Carleton was 14 years old his father, Christopher Carleton died, the year after Christopher Carleton's death Catherine Bell remarries is wedded to Thomas Skelton. On May 21 of 1742, Carleton who was 17…

important for trade and transportation, England had to fight France over the territory. This conflict became known as the French and Indian War, a portion of the Seven Years’ War. The colonist did a majority of the fighting, but England also sent troops over to the colonies to help the colonists fight the French. The British tried to help inspire a patriotic spirit in the colonists, but they started taking it a different way than the British intended…