Fort Ticonderoga

Would you risk your own life to have freedom for everyone? The American Revolutionary War in 1775-1783 was a historic moment in American history. It signaled America’s stand for its freedom from the English monarchy and to retain the rights that has slowly developed upon their stay in the country. Many lives have been sacrificed to have peace with Britain. Although many battles happened throughout the country, several groups, such as the men and the women, aided the American Revolutionary War…

The first was led by George Braddock to Fort Duquesne, with William Shirley being assigned to Fort Oswego and Fort Niagara. Sir William Johnson was given the task of capturing Fort St. Frédéric and Lieutenant Colonel Robert Monckton was to gain Fort Beauséjour. These early expeditions would suggest a strong start for the British, but they were not all successful, in particular Braddock’s expedition for Fort Duquesne which has been described as a ‘serious error,’ on his part…

(I )(At the outset of the American Revolution, nearly a century before the Civil War, North Carolina was riven with strife between independence-minded Patriots and Loyalists to the British Crown. Rebellious local legislators and their militia companies ultimately took up arms against the latter, led) by:[ beleaguered Royal Governor Josiah Martin].The American Revolution was a political battle that took place between 1765 and 1783 during which colonists in the Thirteen American Colonies rejected…

more powerful tacticians with the likes of Benedict Arnold in Connecticut and Ethan Allen in Vermont. Shortly after this surprising victory by the colonists at Concord, Allen and Arnold would lead the Green Mountain Boys to successfully capture Fort Ticonderoga from the British on May 10th, as the Second Continental Congress had been meeting in Philadelphia to officially name a Commander in Chief of their army, George Washington, as well as to plan a unified way for them to successfully defeat…

The American Revolution The American Revolution was the beginning of a new country. The thirteen colonies come together attempting to develop a plan, and argue their rights not knowing it would lead to independence. Beginning of a rag-tag group of militias, undertrained men took on the world’s greatest military of the time. Boston, Massachusetts 1765 the American colonist are on edge and enraged over the newest tax placed upon them by the English crown. The Stamp Act was a law designed to…

would quit fighting. An old widow invited Howe into her home which caused the British army to slow down. William Howe had to decide if they should wait out winter or to pursue Washington’s army. He chose to pursue the army. Washington then surrendered Fort Washington. He kept sending letters to Lee telling him to join the army, but Lee never joined. Reed wrote Lee letters saying that Lee should be the Commander instead of Washington. Washington accidently received a letter that Lee had…

4. There were many regional characteristics evident in the British colonies. Southern colonies had hot, humid weather, mild winters, and swampy marshes contributed to high mosquito populations, thus making colonists more susceptible to diseases like malaria and had shorter life spans. Southern colonies also had good farmland and long growing seasons that enabled mass production of cash crops like tobacco. Additionally, rivers and coasts provided access to the sea. The Chesapeake…

“Birth of a nation: The American Revolution” America wasn’t always the independent nation it is now, it was once controlled by the British Empire. They were once one of the strongest powers in the world. Seeing as how in today’s society that’s now the case, how did we get to where we are today? What changed in the world to have everything be the way it is today? First off with any kind of change comes a sense of Social Responsibility, which is an ethical theory which individuals are…

Continental Army. The army consisted of soldiers from the thirteen colonies that were established before the war. The General of this army was George Washington. There were many different battles fought during the Revolution. Some of those are Fort Ticonderoga, Saratoga battles, Philadelphia battles, Yorktown battles, and many more. The thing that sparked the Revolution were shots fired at Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775. France wanted to undermine Britain’s power for some time but knew…

1776 was written by renowned author David McCullough and retells the events of the American Revolution. The book closely follows George Washington as he commands the American army through the hardships that they faced in these times. Both Washington and his soldiers dealt with harsh conditioning which lead to low morale. This sense of overall gloom contributed to the departing of many of the soldiers in the war and some even took weapons or other trinkets of war as collateral for their time…