Trenton

Washington proved how smart of a man he actually was in the battle of Trenton. Because Washington realized that without a decisive action, the Continental Army was likely doomed, so he planned a daring assault on the Hessian garrison at Trenton and crossed the icy Delaware river with his men and cannons on Christmas Day. This led to the victory in the revolutionary war led by General George Washington. Washington…

that he is in dire need of supplies. Now a rider from New York has arrived with a letter from a Deustch Merchant named Ben Haagan. Saying that Genera Hao will come with over 1200 Hessians to come to the Americans for war. The men are heading out to Trenton to check out what the British Army is looking like. Now they have the fishermen helping them so they have quite a bit more people than they used to. General Gates arrived with his army while George Washington and others have dinner. And now it…

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The history of the Amphibious Engineer has a long, proud and commemorative history dating back over a thousand years. An Amphibious Engineer is a person who has specific training to build complicate products, machines, systems or structures that arrives from the water or sea. The Amphibious Engineer has been utilized in major conflicts throughout history. The linage of the modern amphibious engineer, can be traced from the Revolutionary War until today’s Modern Engineer. The Amphibious…

most of the country and to support the crown meant forfeiting everything that family had and that was something most did not want to sacrifice. Having gambled on the South and lost, the British had to find military success elsewhere. The Battle of Trenton, Princeton, Guilford Courthouse, Cowpens, and Yorktown were all American successes due to the inability of the British Army to supply their army. Cornwallis had stretched his supply lines so thin that anything less than a total victory against…

controls and how well it handled until the bus finally stopped at Jack’s house. As we walked off, I gave the bus driver my bus pass and got off with Jack. As we were heading to his front door, he said “Oh, yeah! Adam, I forgot to tell you, I invited Trenton and Dylan over as well! I hope you don’t mind, but they figured out that I got the new Halo, and I couldn’t say no. But, Hey! At least it's an even number!” “Hey, no sweat, man!” I replied. “The more the merrier!” I set my stuff and my…

When studying American Military history, there are several recurring characteristics of America’s manner in which it conducts warfare. Many colonists who lived in America before it became a country had similar ideologies to the Americans who came after them one hundred years later in the Civil War. Despite the lapse of time, early Americans can be characterized as being uniquely opportunistic in the way in which they conduct war. Americans collectively operated on the ideology of opportunity.…

James Monroe was the fifth leader of the United States. He was conceived on 1758, April 28th and kicked the bucket on July 1831. He passed on in New York. He was a fighter, a government official, and a statesman. He was president from 1817-1825. James Monroe's significant other was Elizabeth, and she has 3 kids. The name of her 3 kids is Maria, James, and Eliza. Elizabeth was born on June 30, 1768. As the oldest of a few kids, James was relied upon to acquire his dad's domain, yet the…

John Reid was a very interesting character in Time Enough For Drums by Ann Rinaldi.It took place in Trenton, New Jersey 1775 John Reid one of many main characters in this book was a spy.John Reid was secretive,brave, and clever he helps General George Washington and the continental army get information on the british. The character John Reid is a very secretive character.To begin,John Reid was a spy for the continental army and not many people in the continental army even knew.Hiding it…