Continental drift

On June 1775, Congress made George Washington to control the Continental Army taking down the British in Boston. Knowing that he had little experience in controlling conventional armies, Washington made prove to be a good leader of the American military forces during the Revolutionary war. Knowing that he lost more battles than he won, George Washington followed a winning strategy that influenced victories at the Battle of Trenton and Yorktown. Washington’s greatest war what started his legacy…

Artifact Found! The Rosetta Stone was originally from ancient Egypt and then a group of french archaeologists took it from Egypt in 1799. When the French archaeologists were going back to France the British people attacked them and took the Rosetta Stone in 1800 that is why it is damaged (it was already damaged long before it was dug up) it was put in a museum in 1802 in the British Museum. The Rosetta Stone has three languages on it it translates Egyptian Script, Hieroglyphics and…

Around 1778, as mentioned in Document 5, the black Virginians that survived were marching alongside the whites. At that time, The Rhode Island’s Black Battalion was created, because the state didn’t have enough white soldiers to fight in the Continental Army. Most southern states did not allow the recruitment of African Americans as soldiers, however, did not object to using enslaved blacks and free slaves as pilots, sailors, and gunners. About 150 black men in Virginia served in the Navy.…

My person is nathan hale he was a white patriot in the american revolution. he helped with the siege on the british when there were the first casualties of war. He also served in connecticut. He was also a spy for the patriots and went to new york city to spy on the british when he was 21 years old. His last words were ¨ my only regret is that i have but one life to give for my country.¨ Hale, Nathan (June 6, 1755 - Sept. 22, 1776), patriot, spy, hanged by the British, long known as the…

Men are starving to death, there is hardly any supplies, but we are still going to win this war. The Patriots(Americans who supported independence) have just been defeated at the Battle of Germantown. The army then set up camp at Valley Forge for the winter. There are approximately 12,000 soldiers here, most under the age of 20. They are living in crowded, damp tents and many of the them do not have clothes to cover their whole body let alone to keep them warm. I am the wife a commanding officer…

The English and American colonies are fighting against the Huron Indians and French. They have been fighting for territory in North America for three years. Three guys Chingachgook, Uncas, and an adopted white son named Hawkeye go and visit the home of the Cameron’s. John, Alexandra, and James live there. A colonist named Jack Winthrop told Hawkeye that he is recruiting volunteers to fight for the British army, with hopes that their homes on the frontier will be guarded against Huron war party…

"It is a common observation here that our cause is the cause of all mankind, and that we are fighting for their liberty in defending our own."(Franklin) The U.S. was not the only country fighting the British during the Revolution. They had several allied countries that helped them obtain the victory such as, France, Spain, and Holland. The British during the war had the most powerful military in the world. British military was well trained and well organized in battle. Britain overall had a…

There was many ways that George Washington impacted the US in a huge way that affected all our lives by all his accomplishments and set the expectations for future leaders, everything he did was going to be steppingstones for the presidents who followed. Throughout his life he was known as brave and a great leader naturally, this helped him when he became a military leader for the US. George Washington was a general and commander in chief of our colonial armies during the American Revolution…

Benjamin Franklin The state he represented is Pennsylvania. It got it’s name from Penn’s Woods, from which William Penn got from a debt that king Charles the II owed William Penn’s father, which he named Pennsylvania.It was settled by all kinds of people how were having trouble paying their taxes. Benjamin Franklin was a inventor, science person, and printer. He was on the committee to design both the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution and he signed them both.…

A professional army, was made up of men who chose to have a career in the military. These men underwent intensive training and their primary role was to be ready to fight, it also taught discipline and loyalty among ranks. Rigorous training was “necessary to control down-and-outers in the ranks.” Usually, a standing army was viewed as impending tyranny or “an obvious indicator as well as agent of corruption.” People also believed that a standing army could affect society from the inside, but…