Siege of Boston

BANG! The last shots of muskets fired and finally stopped after the French and American alliance defeated the British at Yorktown. The Americans were able to fight off and defeat the mighty British empire. With their heads held high, the Americans were now independent and free from British rule. The Americans were able to win the war with the help of the French alliance and by their drive and will to fight for independence. The French alliance was one of the main causes for why the Americans…

British attack Charleston, South Carolina on March 29, 1780. The battle of Charleston was a conflict between Great Britain and the American colonies in North America during the Revolutionary War. This battle took place in Charleston, South Carolina(‘’Americans suffer worst defeat of revolution of Charleston’’). Nevertheless, this battle happened because the British believed that the Southern colonies were full of American loyalist waiting for British authorities to liberate them from patriot…

A boomerang was originally used for a tool to kill animals when there were no guns. The boomerang it supposed to come back to you after you throw it so you can use it over and over. The wooden ones are the original ones but they come in plastic too sometimes. Some are cheap but they still can work. Also a boomerang can be used to hunt and kill animals. Most boomerangs were utilized by gatherings of individuals in Australia. These weapons, now and then called "toss sticks" or "kylies", were…

Alvin York’s first and most difficult battle was fought not on the battlefield, but in his own mind and soul, as he struggled to reconcile his firm belief that God did not want him to deliberately set out to kill another human being with his equally strong belief that it was his duty to defend his country. In his diary, York explains that his mother tried to claim that Alvin was her only means of support and that she needed him at home. He goes on to say that his pastor wrote to the army…

I would have liked to witness the Battle of Saratoga because it was the turning point in the American Revolution. On September 19th, 1777, the Battle of Saratoga began. Major-General John Burgoyne commanded his army of British red coats and German blue coats to America’s camp on the west bank of the Hudson River at Bemis Heights, New York on September 19th, 1777. Burgoyne following Lord Germaine’s orders continued advancing to the Hudson River and progressing south. If I was there in the Battle…

water. The percentage of land and water combined makes Worcester County the largest county in Massachusetts (City of Worcester, 2014a). Geographic features include mountains, reservoirs and rivers. Quabbin and Wachusetts reservoirs supply the city of Boston with drinking water. Berkshire Mountain, positioned in Worcester County, is considered part of the Appalachians. Access to care is readily available since Worcester County’s topography is mainly land (Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce,…

Organized efforts to control and limit drinking or the sale of alcohol have been persistent in the United States since the early nineteenth century. For many years, before any public demonstration was made against the liquor traffic, and for some years after, distilleries by many people were deemed a blessing to the community. They provided a ready market for any surplus grain that was raised. The business was considered respectable; and members of churches, and even deacons engaged in it…

PAUL REVERE Paul Revere was born in Boston Massachusetts on December 22, 1734. He was the son of Apollos Rivoire (father) and Deborah Hichborn (mother). His father was a French Protestant silversmith who came to America and he later "anglicized" his name as Paul Revere. Deborah Hichborn and Paul Revere Sr. had 12 children together, Paul Revere Jr. was the second oldest out of his 11 brothers and sisters. Boston had very good public schools during the time when Paul Revere Jr. Was growing up,…

The Boston Marathon is a race that is held every year on the third Monday of April since 1897. This event attracted several people. On April 15,2013 two bombs went off near the finish line killing 3 bystanders and wounding more than 250 people. Not only were people seriously injured but property was damaged and the entire city was in shock. Automatically people believed they fell victim to terrorist attacks. Four days later after the FBI took over a video immersed that revealed brothers,…

the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing three spectators and wounding more than 260 other people. Four days later, after an intense manhunt that shut down the Boston area, police captured one of the bombing suspects, 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, whose older brother and fellow suspect, 26-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnaev, died following a shootout with law enforcement earlier that same day” (“Boston Marathon Bombings”).This capture and shootout brought closure to the boston marathon bombing.…