Concord

frustrated trying to fix it because I would type something to fix it and another work would disappear. In the first story it talks about how in April, 1775 the British General Thomas Gage ordered his soldiersto destroy American rebel military stores at Concord, Massachusetts. And then during the Winter of 1776, Gereral Henry Knox arrived with artillery to support America's Continental army and men from the state militias.…

He writes of avoiding British soldiers and reaching Lexington, where he conveyed information to Hancock and Adams and where he met up with William Dawes. After Revere and Dawes set off for Concord, they were joined by Samuel Prescott, who helped them "allarm all the Inhabitents." Revere's ride ended when he was captured by British soldiers, interrogated, and eventually released in Lexington in time to hear the opening shots of the Revolutionary…

goodwill is not friendship or love because anyone can show this type of behavior towards a stranger. Goodwill can be the genesis of friendship, but it is not friendship in and of itself. Concord can be defined simply as political friendship. Aristotle parallels concord to a city; “A city, for instance, is in concord whenever al the citizens resolve to make offices elective, or to make an alliance with the Spartans, or to make Pittacus ruler” (1167a30-35). Only the virtuous can form this type of…

without having representation in Parliament. But finally in 1775 the British and English colonists erupted and the outcome was the Battle of Lexington and Concord, which was the start to an eight-year war. The night prior, on the 18th, the British troops decided to invade the English colonists in Lexington. The Battle of Lexington and Concord was the beginning of many more battles to follow which is known as the American Revolution. Eight years later, the English Colonists won their…

Bedingfield 1 Kalyn Bedingfield Hensley English 11 Honors/ First Period 09 September 2018 Part 2: Author Biography Nathaniel Hawthorne is a famous writer known for his use of allegory and symbolism. He was born on July 4, 1804, in Salem Massachusetts. Hawthorne suffered a leg injury at an early age of his life, during this time he developed a love for reading and found the love for writing. His father passed away from yellow fever in 1808. The death of Hawthorne’s father left him and his…

the rest of the colonies bringing into the fray on the side of the Americans to gain two more powerful tacticians with the likes of Benedict Arnold in Connecticut and Ethan Allen in Vermont. Shortly after this surprising victory by the colonists at Concord, Allen and Arnold would lead the Green Mountain Boys to successfully capture Fort Ticonderoga from the British on May 10th, as the Second Continental Congress had been meeting in Philadelphia to officially name a Commander in Chief of their…

"If we do not deceive our own men, we will never deceive the enemy." Which is why Mr. Washington did not tell his men that they were going to Yorktown. (Military Quotes) As the continental army march to Yorktown the French Cut the British off by the sea. The battle of Yorktown was the final battle to end the revelation war. George Washington was about to march his men into New York until his scouts told him that General Henry Clinton was sending troops to Yorktown. George wanted to make Clinton…

In the excerpt from The Things They Carried, Tim O’Brien effectively develops his philosophy that a soldier carries pride, and that they also hold the burden to do terrible things to others for justice and most of all they have to experience terrible things. through his creative use of a variety of syntax techniques. One such technique is his use of polysyndeton. . He writes, “War is nasty; war is fun. War is thrilling, war is drudgery. War makes you a man; war makes you dead.” The effect of…

The Optimism of the Individual to bring about Social Reform The idea of “civil" action, disobedience to connect individual action to the social good is a major part of Thoreau's belief system. Gandhi's march was "historical" because he recognized its ingrained life-changing nature. The "Long Walk to Freedom" is representative of how Mandela sees the end of apartheid in his vision. The call for sacrifice and pain that each thinker suggests clearly makes the case for an optimistic end. Thoreau's…

revolutionary war, there were a bunch of important battles. One important battle was the “powder alarm” battle. This took place back in 1774, September 1st. This setting was in Massachusetts Bay. (Wikipedia) “It preceded the Battles of Lexington and Concord and was one of the first aggressive actions taken by the British soldiers under General Thomas Gage.” According to the…