Continental divide

Betty Zane, Lydia Boggs and Molly Scott The Gunpowder Exploits at Fort Henry By Cherie Lewis The main point of this article is that on September 12, 1782, there was a battle between the British Ranger and the Indians; there were two heroic pioneer teenage girls that ran cross the battle to field from the same cabin to deliver gunpowder long and bloody frontier warfare along the western border. Elizabeth Zane was the first one recognized for heroism. There was a book written about Elizabeth…

On June 14th, 1775 the congressional army was formed and George Washington was elected the commander in chief. In the mid 1900s, the US military split into the separate branches: the Air Force, Navy, and Army. The career began to defend United States soil and the principles of the United States. Over time, the career changed from the entire United States military to just a single branch. During World War II, the Gi Bill was introduced. (“About the Army”) The United States Army requires many jobs…

“George Washington’s Secret Six”, by Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger Set in the early stages of the Revolutionary War, “George Washington’s Secret Six” uncovers the clandestine operations of men and women who were tasked with infiltrating the British and delivering secrets back to revolutionary leaders. Washington understood early on that the war would not be one by brute force and direct attacks against the British. His army was ill-trained, ill-equipped and less organized than the British…

How to Help Homeless Veterans In 1775, the Continental Army was formed by the Continental Congress to raise an army to fight against the British. Since that day, brave men and women have fought and died for this country. Some of those brave men and women that have fought for our country didn’t die. Some of them lived, and some of those men and women are living on the streets. There’s now a big problem in our country. They risked their lives to defend our nation against its enemies and now they…

opened my eyes and realized that a new day had dawned upon us. I had just woken up from somewhat of a sleepless night. It was the twenty eighth day of the month of April in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy five. The second continental congress was convening in Philadelphia days from now and I was asked to represent Massachusetts again. Massachusetts, specifically Boston, had seen a lot of pain these last several months. British ships have been docked at the port and…

“liberty, sovereignty, and independence” were granted to the Americans. The pact also stated that America would recognize any French territory taking in the West Indies. French allegiance to the cause also strengthened the moral of the Continental Congress and of the continental army. It also started to turn the tide in Britain, many English people started to oppose the war. Meanwhile, the French provided a fleet and a sizable army in the colonies to fight the British. For example in 1780, 6,000…

affiliated to Britain. We could be going through the suffering of drowning in taxes and being treated unfairly. The cause of this madness would be, because men did not re-enlist during the Revolutionary War. During the years of 1777 and 1778, the Continental Army was stationed at camp, named Valley Forge, to spy on the British camp. The general, George Washington, was losing men due to them non-re-enlisting. The whole camp had a specific and definite question in mind. “Should I re-enlist for…

Like the American Civil War, the revolt against the Crown put family members at odds. Arnold saw the war as criminal, for the American leaders were subjecting the colonists to unnecessary division among themselves. Arnold’s scornfulness of the Continental Congress was also attributed by his view of the leaders as hypocritical. Arnold believed that the leaders of the United States went against the core values of the country and of proving this, Arnold wrote, “... did the pretended Treaty with the…

Weakness of the Article of Confederation During the course of the Second Continental Congress in 1777, the Articles of Confederation were adopted for the proposal of a central institution. This meeting started in 1775, gathered many of the most brilliant minds of that period at Pennsylvania. Delegates were sent from the thirteen colonies to represent in the convention. The convention was a series of meeting, on the attempt to solve political and social issues. One of the major concern was the…

in the defeat the British at the Battle of Yorktown with the help the French army, and by simply being the commander of the Patriot Continental Army. Without George Washington as commander, the Continental Army would not have been successful in defeating the British. Benjamin Franklin proposed many great ideas about separating from England during the First Continental Congress. For example, the Albany Plan of Union in 1754 was proposed by Franklin. This plan united the 13 colonies under one…