Continental Connection

The picture is a painting of men at a battle and depicts the battle of Lexington and Concord. The battles of Lexington and Concord were the initial military engagements the marked the start of the American Revolution. The battles marked the start of armed conflict between the thirteen colonies in British America and the kingdom of Great Britain. The British government had made arrangement to resist the enforcement of alterations made to the colonial government after the Boston Tea party. The…

“There never was a good war, or a bad peace.” - Benjamin Franklin. Benjamin Franklin was one of the most successful scientists of the 18th century. I will be talking about his background, discoveries, and his work. The upbringing and education of Benjamin Franklin was His own reading. Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston, Massachusetts, January 17th, 1706. Ben was the 10th son out 17 children in his family. His beloveded dad (Josiah Franklin) was a candle maker/…

Nathaniel Bowditch was an American mathematician who lived in Salem from 1773 to 1838. It is known that Bowditch was a real person, but were the characters that interacted with him, places he went and events that happened to him in Jean Lee Latham’s book Carry On, Mr. Bowditch also real? Nathaniel Bowditch grew up in Salem, Massachusetts with his brothers, sisters, parents and grandmother. He attended school until the age of 12 years old, when he apprenticed at Ropes and Hodges ship…

With a newfound land but old British rule a bloody conflict was bound to happen, the American Revolution was the conflict that ensued from the power struggle between the colonies in America and the British government that changed the history of the world forever creating a land free from British rule which we know today as the United States of America. This political battle between Great Britain’s thirteen colonies: Delaware, Rhode Island, Virginia, Maryland, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts,…

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 Age of Revolutions and Nationalism Revolution is no new theme throughout history for people have always expressed an innate desire to grow and seek out new opportunities to expand previously closed-off boundaries, especially with Enlightenment ideals fueling the way. The American Revolution took place between 1765 and 1783 during which colonists of Great Britain’s thirteen American colonies repudiated rule under the British monarchy and established the United States of America. “By the…

I think the British won the war because they had a superior military force under the leadership of man by the name of William Pitt. Along with the troops that were in the colonies, the British were able to make a comeback on a war that had almost lost in the beginning. From then on, the British had captured several French territories and strongholds, such as the city of Quebec. The French then became weaker and weaker as the British grew stronger and stronger. I think democracy is indeed…

Just before the American Revolution, which began roughly in 1765 and ended in 1783, the attitudes of many colonists were those of dissatisfaction and disdain for the traditional British government. These would exacerbate future relations with Great Britain, fueling dissent. The earliest component of these anti-British sentiments was the French and Indian War. The war gave the colonists their first feeling of any political unity apart from Britain. Since it was the first war where the British…

The American Revolution dramatically impacted the nation politically, socially, and economically. The American Revolution was the armed conflict between Great Britain and its thirteen North American colonies, taking place in 1775 to 1783. Tensions began to rise between colonists and the British government due to taxes being placed on the colonies in order to raise revenue, the Stamp Act of 1765, the Townshend Tariffs of 1767, and the Tea Act of 1773 were met with heated protests from colonists…

don’t have. With this in mind, I’m going to try to tell you all of the significant leaders during the American Revolution in my power. First of all, let’s start with Major General Nathanael Greene. Greene was the youngest brigadier general in the continental army (Logan). Greene became close friends with the commander-in-chief,…