Continental drift

The Most Important Battle: The Battle of Saratoga Due to being the turning point of the war, the Battle of Saratoga is the most important battle in the American Revolution. All of the key events, such as the two battles that made up this big battle and how Benedict Arnold did not follow the General’s orders to stay back, led to the victorious win over the British. This win gave America the chance of a lifetime; an alliance.America had to work hard for this,though. The militia and minutemen gave…

George Washington, our first president, had much to do in order to make the United States a successful nation. Before he became president, he was a surveyor in his late teen years. Not long after, he joined the military service. As a soldier during the French and Indian War, he served as a commander to the Virginia Troops. He also claimed himself to be a successful tobacco planter in his home land. Washington proved that he was a much better general than he was just a military man. He was not…

Out of Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, and Thomas Jefferson the man who made the strongest President of the United states of America would have to be George Washington. For his achievements before and during his Presidency. Washington devoted so much to the United States and was the strongest of our great presidents. Even if he had wooden teeth. Before George was President he fought with nobility in the French and Indian War, he then went on to being the commander and chief of the…

The novel 1776, written by David McCullough, is arguably the best depiction of the events that took place during the height of the American Revolution. This novel illustrates the struggles and triumphs that General Washington and his men faced in the year that the Declaration of Independence was issued to the British government by the American colonists. This novel is not simply a day-by-day depiction of the nation at war, but more an in-depth narrative of the men that served along side of…

Marquis de Lafayette Marquis de Lafayette was often known by the nickname of "a hero of two worlds". The reason he was commonly referred to that nickname was the fact that he had bravely fought in the Revolutionary War and rebuilt his home country of France following the French Revolution. If you never read about him before you may not know much about Marquis De Lafayette. Luckily, this essay will go over the early life, role in the American Revolution, and post American Revolution life of…

It was on November 25, 1783 when General George Washington victoriously led the Army north of the city, south down Manhattan through the town, across Bowling Green to The Battery at the foot of Broadway, due to the British finally leaving NYC (History, American). Bowling Green is a small public park in South Ferry, Manhattan at the end of Broadway, alongside the site of the original dutch fort of New Amsterdam. The oldest park in the city, it is named “ Bowling Green” due to the fact that the…

much like the female gender at the time, was looked down upon as unimportant. The careers that received high praise and recognition were the male positions in the regiment, the Continental soldiers. The job of a continental soldier was reserved…

Many events took place in order for this to happen. One of these events was the selection of George Washington as the commander in chief of the Continental Army. His nomination was very similar to Ralph’s nomination. They both showed up to the meeting with all eyes on them for a certain characteristic even though they were each quiet and contempt. For Washington, it was because he was wearing a large…

The Continental didn’t stand a chance against the British army who would defeat them over and over. Christmas approached, all the troops lost hope of them surviving or ever returning home. Then things took a turn for the better when Washington was not willing to…

Former Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin once said “History shows that there are no invincible armies.” In the 18th century, however, the British rule that spanned nearly a quarter of the Earth’s land, and that was comprised of the largest navy and strongest army at the time would have begged to differ. At the time, it seemed that the British army was destined to control the entire planet. About 5,600 kilometers away, a little colony of The British Empire had enough. Outrageous taxes without any say…