Continental Connection

Benjamin gets angry when sometime doesn’t work and throws it. Their mother has died. They go to Charleston and they are burning King George. They hate King George because he didn’t reward them and he taxed too much. Benjamin is a very respected man and he was a captain. Benjamin doesn’t want Gabriel to go into war. Charleston fell into British rule. Gabriel is fighting in the war. Gabriel comes home injured.Thomas dies trying to save Gabriel. Benjamin and 2 of his sons go to shoot the British…

The Worst Counterintelligence Mistakes during the Revolutionary War During the Revolutionary War, both sides were using intelligence against each other, but they were also using counter intelligence. Both the Patriots and the British made mistakes involving their counter intelligence operations. The Patriots group called the Mechanics did not use good security methods to keep the British out. The British decided to send a detailed map of the Boston Harbor all of their positions to Washington.…

The Battle of Bunker Hill was one of the most important battles of the revolutionary war. Even though the Americans did not defeat the British in this battle it gave them a morale boost. They inflicted many deaths and casualties against the British, which made them feel like they could win the war and put up a fight. This led to the Americans ultimately winning the revolutionary war. The Battle of Bunker Hill took place in Charleston, Boston on June 17th 1775 at Breeds Hill. It was one of the…

DBQ Valley Forge Essay Valley forge would you have quit? yes if I were a soldier at valley forge I would have quit and there are many reasons why, first off “there were no beds, just straw on the mud floor” (Background essay) and also there were soldiers getting ill and dying and also freezing. “They had nasty clothes and nasty cookery” (Document C) . When they arrived at valley forge it was winter so they were dying of hypothermia. “You could see a soldier's bare feet through his worn out…

The Battle of Bennington was a military dispute between Britain and America. Bennington is a town near the New York border in southern Vermont. The battlefield was along the Walloomsac River in New York. This battle was part of the Saratoga Campaign. Under General William Howe and Lord Charles Cornwallis, the British Army abandoned almost all their posts in New Jersey and retreated to New York. The British troops wanted to gain control of Lake Champlain and the Hudson River valley, so General…

The Battle of Yorktown The battle of Yorktown is often considered the last major battle of the revolutionary war, a fascinating battle where a tiny mistake cost the British the war. In this paper I will describe the main events of the war, along with each side's army. I will give you a glimpse into the battle of Yorktown, where young men gave their lives for freedom. At Yorktown three armies collided the French, the Americans, and the British at Yorktown Virginia. The French and the Americans…

James Otis was a noteworthy figure prior to and during the American Revolution. He was born in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, to a father who was well-known political figure. Otis graduated from Harvard and became a celebrated lawyer. He married Ruth Cunningham and they had three children, but their marriage was tumultuous because of their dissimilar political views. During the 1750’s, he was very loyal to the British Crown and was chosen as advocate general in the Vice Admiralty Court, a juryless…

The Battle of King's Mountain was a battle between Patriot forces and Loyalist forces in South Carolina during the American Revolutionary War, resulting in a victory for the Patriots. The Patriots were Americans rebelling against the British Empire and the Loyalists were Americans who remained loyal to the British Empire. The battle took place on October 7, 1780; nine miles south of the present-day town of King’s Mountain in rural Cherokee County, North Carolina. Ferguson had arrived in North…

Should soldiers in the continental army stay? Help fight for independence or stay with their families? During the year 1775, this is what many soldiers debated. George Washington, the leader of the army, was being troubled by the army. Soldiers kept on leaving and not coming back while others just left. The British were camping at Philadelphia so the army decided to make a fort at Valley Forge. There were no bed but stray and mud on the floor, the weather was very cold, and the smoke of the fire…

The battle of Trenton took place in Trenton New Jersey and it began on December 26, 1776. The battle was fought against German mercenaries, the Hessians. The opposing armies were found at this location because George Washington and his troops had been forced out of New York during the Long Island battle. A lot of the soldiers were retiring on November 21 because that was when their contract was up and George Washington knew not many of them would re-enlist so he had to do something big. A lot of…