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    The Battle of Yorktown The battle of Yorktown is often considered the last major battle of the revolutionary war, a fascinating battle where a tiny mistake cost the British the war. In this paper I will describe the main events of the war, along with each side's army. I will give you a glimpse into the battle of Yorktown, where young men gave their lives for freedom. At Yorktown three armies collided the French, the Americans, and the British at Yorktown Virginia. The French and the Americans…

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    The British Strategy: The goal for the British was to contain revolutionary sentiment to Massachusetts. They also used cannons and muskets with a bayonet to attack the Americans. British forces sailed south from New York City in November 1780 and quickly reconquered Georgia. The British mostlywon all of their wars, but when they fought America their strategy failed. So basicly America won because the British did not really plan what they were doing. But, on the otherhand, America also did not…

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    inception. However, with time, tensions between sides grew, which eventually culminated in the American Revolutionary and Civil Wars. Both wars were the product of the very prosperity experienced, tensions between, respectively, the colonies and Great Britain as well as the free North and the slave South, with the latter regarding the future of slavery. The significance of the American Revolutionary War stems from what it stood for, and the principles it upheld. The Revolution stood for the…

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    The American colonist rebelled against the British to gain identity as a republican society. Among the colonies raised an issue on who will rule the home font. During the revolutionary war, there was a rebellion against the trade restriction that Britain was imposing on America. Therefore Americans were influenced on Patrick Henry by wanting freedom from the king that was Patrick Henry’s purpose for his speech. The British colonist decided to stay loyal to the king because they thought there…

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    The book A Narrative of a Revolutionary Soldier is the memoir of Joseph Plumb Martin and chronicles his thoughts and experiences as a soldier in the American Revolutionary War. His diary was originally published as A Narrative of Some of the Adventures, Dangers and Sufferings of a Revolutionary Soldier, Interspersed with Anecdotes of Incidents that Occurred Within His Own Observation, and later it was better known as Private Yankee Doodle. The book portrays Revolutionary War battles of…

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    The Revolutionary era took place from 1763-1789. There were many key military people in this era. King George lll was the ruler of Great Britain. George Washington was the commander of Continental Army. William Howe was the commander in chief of British Army in North America. Henry Knox was an American general. Nathan Hale was an American soldier and spy. John Burgoyne was a British general who surrendered to American general Horatio Gates. Baron Friedrich Von Steuben was a German…

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    entrance slip will ask students to predict how they think the Revolutionary War will end. In order to do this the teacher will remind the students of what they have been learning in the previous lesson. • After the students have completed the entrance slip on their predictions, the students will crumple their entrance slip up, and toss it around the room to another person. • Through doing this it will simulate how chaotic the Revolutionary War was, but how it eventually came to an end. •…

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    American history, the cause of the Revolutionary war has been highly debated. Although the Americans blame the war on the British, and the need for independence, British historians have focused blame on the american colonists. The specific causes, and the importance of each cause have varied between historians. Although some blame the legislation of the British, other historians find west ward expansion to be the leading cause. During the evolution study of the Revolutionary War, ways of…

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    Dating back to June 14th, 1775, America was in dire need of a fighting force for means to protect the homefront. Its roots are based on the Continental Army which was established to fight the American Revolutionary War of 1775-1783. The Revolutionary War was a way to formally establish the nation of the United States of America. With the primary mission of the Army to protect, defend, and sustain the American people. Any and all American military operations now fell under the responsibility…

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    fall of the revolutionary generation as quoted by Abraham Lincon “Whether any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure” (10). Joseph Ellis has authored several American History books that illustrate the struggles and huddles that the political patrons of America conquered and some that they lost. He won the National Book Award in 1997 with his book “The Character of Thomas Jefferson”. He also won a Pulitzer Prize in 2001 for History on Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation.…

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