France in the American Revolutionary War

happened right after Paul Revere's ride. The Red Coats were led by Major Pitcairn and the Colonist were led by Captain Parker. People say that the first shot fired in this battle could be heard clear around the world. This event leads up to the Revolutionary war. I believe that the colonist fired first. Some people may think the Redcoats fired first, but they are wrong, here is why. Captain Parker had 38 men with him while they were heading to the north side of town. On their way they…

The First Continental Congress meant in on october 22,1774. The First Continental Congress meant in carpenter hill in Philadelphia. The delegates were chosen by colonial legislatures, or by committees of correspondence of the respective colonies thomas jefferson was the third president and was the vice president for the second president. Congress put together a committee to draft the Declaration of Independence. jefferson died on July 4, 1826–50 years to the day after the signing of The…

John Hancock was born in Braintree, Massachusetts January 23, in 1737. He was adopted by his Aunt Lydia and Uncle Thomas Hancock. His uncle was rich and he owned a shipping company. John graduated in 1754 from Harvard College. In 1764 his uncle died and he got the family business and money. In the 1760’s John began his career in politics. He became an important politician in Massachusetts. He was made a leader of the Massachusetts delegate to the second continental congress in 1774. In May…

on what women thought of the American Revolution and freedom itself and how they believe it related to them. With these thoughts in mind, I decided to search through the North American Women’s Letter and Diaries database. First, I began by searching the phrase "war and freedom" but I came upon no result, then I searched the terms "war and free", which also had no results. After coming upon no results twice, I decided to search one word terms instead. "Revolution", "war," "freedom" and "free"…

Great Britain and its king in the 1700s. After the French and Indian War, the British were left in debt which they found difficult to pay off. To reimburse the debt, they raised taxes on English men and eventually decided to tax the colonist. The colonist opposed the idea of taxation as they believed that they were not accurately represented in Parliament. Uprisings and rebellions in the thirteen colonies eventually lead to the American Revolution in 1775, a revolution fought for the…

controlling the Colonist of United States. Colonist are getting very mad and very quick. In 1950’’s, british and the 13 Colonies fought and won the French and Indian War, leaving British in major debt. Should the colonist have declared war against the British and breaking away from British control? The american colonist were justified in waging war against the british and breaking away from British because British Colonist house soldiers, not give the colonist land, and British gave Colonist…

shot first. Here is the point of view of a man that was in the war with Captain Parker. The event took place in the morning of April 19, 1775. Sylvanus wood went with Captain Parker to the North end of Lexington common, near the Bedford road. Sylvanus was 74 and he had been to battle with captain parker before and respected him and parker respected Sylvanus. The men were now at battle that would eventually turn into the revolutionary war. The British troops approached us rapidly in platoons…

In 1763, a large statue of king Louis XV was erected at this site to celebrate the recovery of the king after a serious illness. The square surrounding the statue was created later, in 1772, by the architect Jacques-Ange Gabriel. It was known as the place Louis XV. In 1792, during the French revolution, the statue was replaced by a another, large statue, called 'Liberté' (freedom) and the square was called Place de la Révolution. A guillotine was installed at the center of the square and in…

“Valley Forge” depicts American revolutionaries in the dead of winter. Marquis de Lafayette and George Washington stand stoically above their soldiers, who are huddled next to a small fire in the dead of winter. It is the Revolutionary War, which started three years prior, in 1775, and won’t end for another five, in 1783. All the soldiers depicted in the engraving may have their own unique definition of freedom. Shown by their willingness not only to participate in the war, and their unwavering…

huge area of west of the United States from France after the Seven Year’s War in 1763. However, Spain gave the large land back to French due to its incapability of guarding the territory. In the mean time, Napoleon was busy for his war with the Britain, and he needed money to support the war. Robert Livingston, American minister, hinted Thomas Jefferson that it was a good opportunity to buy the land from French. Jefferson then sent Livingston to France to negotiate the purchasing of land.…