French Revolutionary Wars

The colonists had learned to unite against their enemies. Before the war, the colonies had almost no sense of community with other colonies and a very explanatory mutual distrust. But now they saw they could be united against their enemy Great Britain. The Revolutionary War eventually resulted from the constant disagreements between the British and the American colonies. Overtaxed goods brought more money to Great Britain to make the mother country wealthy and not necessarily for the welfare…

The war between Britain and the United States was not an easy battle to win as it had to took many lost to achieve victory.It took the United States many battles with the Brtish to get there independence. Both sides had fought hard and many people had died during the long bloody war. On May 10 1775, the Second Continental Congress that all thirteen colonies assembled was in Philadelphia. They had planned to meet a year ago during the First Continental Congress. During the Second Continental…

gathered, though they had also encountered many close calls, and near-nervous breakdowns. Washington thought of the ring as essential to the American victory of the war, especially after the spies had helped him misdirect British troops, creating an opening for French fleets to make it to New York to help the Patriots. After the war was over, even though Agent 355 supposedly passed in a British prison, the others returned to their normal lives, never claiming fame or reward for what they’d done…

(late 1700’s) from the point-of-view of a French and Indian War veteran named Benjamin Martin. The other main character substantially involved in the American Revolution from Benjamin’s family is Gabriel Martin, who is played by the actor Heath Ledger. Both characters inhabit a farm in South Carolina maintained by “free servants.” Benjamin’s decisions throughout the film are colored by his past experiences in the British army during the French and Indian War. While serving for the British,…

and American Forces fought on during the Battle of Yorktown was located in Yorktown, Virginia. In 1780 the French government had sent over a powerful army under Rochambeau. It was landed at Newport. It stayed there a year to protect the ships that came from France from seize by a stronger British fleet that had at once appeared off the mouth of the harbor. Another French fleet and another French army were in the West Indies. Cornwallis marched northward from Wilmington with additional troops…

the French were on their way with troops to help the Americans win the war, Clinton left South Carolina and got back to New York. Without any way to get information from New York Washington is unable to know if the British knew where the French were going to land. If Britain is aware of this location, they would engage with the French as soon as they hit land, or would prevent them from landing, which would hinder the Americans chance at winning the war. Washington found out that the French were…

known as Native Americans or Indians. Some kept peaceful relationships with the Native Americans and others sought the path of war. The English settlers were impeding upon the Native Americans’ land and this ultimately concluded to a war between the assemblage of the colonists and Great Britain versus the assemblage of the Native Americans and their supporters, or the French. This strengthened the ties between the colonists and Great Britain. It was after the peak of their alliance which began…

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 side of the war. Some neutralists agreed with both sides. One reason they were not on either side of the war because many colonists’ religion was against violence or they did not want to fight. Another…

The French and Indian War began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. This war changed the economy, politics and social relations between British, France and the American Indians. Before the war began, the biggest problem they had was the division of the continent. The English were located along the east coast, in Georgia, the Carolinas and the northeastern United States. The French controlled Louisiana in the south and far north, Acadia and northeastern Canada. The French…

Burkes generally supported the colonists in the American Revolution, and he also felt that Britain should be more pragmatic about the American colonist 's rights and complaints. Even though Burke supported the American Revolution, he opposed the French Revolution. There is a controversial debate about Thomas Paine and Edward Burkes through their own literature. In the article, The Great Debate: Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine and the Birth of Right and Left by Alan Ryan…