Continental Navy

Dear Mom and Dad, I cannot lie its been a rough couple weeks. Its been raining nnon stop, the battle field is a muddy mess. I’ve had time to think why I joined the military. It all happened so quickly; before I knew it, I was a long way from home. I remember as soon as we got news Frank and I ran as fast as we could to the recruitment office. Even the man signing us told us what a great thing we were doing for our country. I was so convinced that war would be a great adventure, my time to be a…

meet the soldiers at Valley Forge. The soldiers came up with the document. This document would be used to argue for quitting the army. They needed more food and they wanted to live in a better house and not in huts. If you would present to the continental committee what would you do? 4. These are the times that try men’s…

Life for Continental Solders Battle of Germantown The battle of Germantown was a “military conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the thirteen colonies in North America during the American Revolutionary War in 1777-1783” (land of the brave info/battle of Germantown). On October 4, 1777 George Washington lead four different units of American troops to catch the British off guard (Wikipedia). It was on this Saturday morning American troops in the dense fog would be defeated in the…

What is happening in the movie “Patriot” they are trying to get there land back that the red coats stole from them. They are not happy about it at all but they cannot defeat them with just their militia army they needed more help to fight them off. But the Militia army did good at fighting off for a while then they were coming in higher amounts of people which the militia army just could not handle alone. So they needed felt and that is when the French come in. But the main people who plays a…

Thanks to news from a British spy who had observed the Continental Army training, General Howe was under the impression that Washington had an intimidating amount of man-power, so Howe decided to march out of Philadelphia. The Quaker City was a difficult place to defend, and Howe’s fears of Washington’s men spurred…

The life of Marquis De Lafayette Tanner Sheldon Honors History November 19, 2015 Mr.Miraya The life of Marquis De Lafayette Marquis De Lafayette was a huge reason why the American Colonies won the Revolutionary War. Lafayette used influence to persuade King Louis XVI; the king of France at the time of the war; to assist the American Colonies to relinquish Great Britain’s control over the colonies. At one point, Washington may have lost his position as the military commander of the colonial…

Valley Forge Essay- Would you stay or QUIT? I would have wanted to quit because of all the diseases that were occurring and I wouldn't have wanted to be the one to either get sick next or die next so i'm not taking any risks. I mean would you. But with constitution on our side we could have more supplies like clothes, gunpowder, food etc. Already we have had 1,800 to 2,500 deaths due to illness that's almost half of our army. We have to fight against not only the british but the cold harmful…

On October 19, 1781, the British surrendered to the American Army during the Battle of Yorktown. Our British general Cornwallis had his base at Yorktown, at the peninsula in Chesapeake Bay, so the British could get supplies from ships arriving in New York. This turned out to become a big mistake… General George Washington saw this as a chance for him to trap the British. In August, a huge French fleet helping to fight for the Americans came from the West Indies and blocked Chesapeake bay. The…

needed. The Continental Army couldn't have won without France. They supplied the Rebels with weapons, food, and al the materials they were short on. France even supplied them with men from their own army. In Yorktown, the French blocked the British ships from giving General Cornwallis. It gave the Continental Army a chance to block Cornwallis' escape on the land. They also blocked Cornwallis to escape into the sea. This caused the war to end and the Rebels to win. The Continental Army…

Minutemen were men in the militia. The militia was a army made the men who lived in the colonies. Their job was to fight their enemies which is England.Men between the ages 16 and 60 were required to carry a weapon and join the army. The militia also fought alongside with the British soldiers during the French and Indian War. Soon after, colonists declared freedom the militia starting fighting with the British Soldiers to win independence. Neutralists were colonists who were not on either…