American Revolution Vs Minutemen

The Minutemen and Their World touched on the struggle for religious unity in Concord with heavy detail. The city of Concord was being divided religiously by region. The West Church wasn’t very strong, it never supported a regular minister and met in the Black Horse Tavern to worship, for the town refused to lend them a meeting place. The south had conservative religious ideas

Robert Gross’ The Minutemen and Their World examines a town 's role in the events of the colonial revolution. Specifically that of Concord, Massachusetts in the years before, during and after the Revolution. Gross provides details about the inner workings of town politics, religion, and society for the period. He notes how town’s people’s rivalries and religious fissures occupied the townspeople through the prerevolutionary period. Gross details how Concord was largely absent from the pre-Revolutionary activities of other communities, and then the unification process that occurred as conflict grew closer. By analyzing specific events in the town’s history Goss is able to draw conclusions about why certain events took place leading up to

Over the first few months of 1775 Concord struggled to gain and train a functional militia. After month of angry talk amongst citizen and leader in Concord action became more prominent, Gross stated “Nearly all of local life took on a military cast” towards mid spring point of 1775(69).

In the book “Shays’ Rebellion: Authority and Distress in Post-revolutionary America”, Sean Condon shows us his outlook on how he saw post-revolutionary America to be within the late 1770’s and 1780’s. This book was released in 2015 by John Hopkins University Press, and was also made in a continuing book series by Peter Charles Hoffer and Willamjames Hull Hofer called Witness to History. The story takes us "Throughout the late summer and fall of 1786, farmers in central and western Massachusetts organized themselves into armed groups to protest against established authority and aggressive creditors. Calling themselves "regulators" or the "voice of the people.”” [1] Condon succeeds by prosing an appealing idea in an upfront style that shapes

England made any town meeting, except authorized by the governor illegal, and housed British soldiers in select public buildings. In Massachusetts the British military governor, General Gage, ordered his 3,500 British soldiers in Boston to seize armories and storehouses in Charlestown and Cambridge. After the seizure, 20,000 colonial militiamen mobilized to protect other military supply depots and in the town of Concord the famous defensive force, the Minutemen, were organized.2 With these acts Parliament declared that Massachusetts was in open rebellion. British Secretary of State, Lord Dartmouth, quickly ordered Gage to send his soldiers on a search and destroy mission to capture colonial leaders, and military supplies in Concord. “At the same time Gage would attempt to find, capture, or kill John Hancock and Samuel Adams.”3 The stage was set for the first major engagements of the American Revolution.

One main difference between the colonial minutemen and British military is the training and the organizational structure. The British military was more organized and well trained professional soldiers and were well equipped. The minutemen on the other hand was a bunch of rage tag men that were farmers and other backgrounds called upon arms, had limited military training, and were ill equipped. Despite the facts that the British Empire was the most powerful military during that time, Colonial America still defeated the British Military. The American minute men also introduced guerrilla warfare to the military tactics which was not practiced during that particular time period. There is one question. How did the minutemen of the American Colonies gain the victory over the British Military and how did the tactics affect military history. The Colonial Minutemen gained the victory over the British Military during the Revolutionary war due to their resources, tactics, and familiarity of the land while their tactics introduce guerilla warfare to military

The Tea Party and The American Revolution shaped the colonists in way that brought them together. Such as when Hewes had that small confrontation with John Malcom , “ with these and such like arguments, together with a gentle crouding of persons not of their way of thinking out of the ring they proceeded to elevate Mr. Malcom from his sled into an art , and stripping him to buff and breeches , gave him a modern jacket and tied him away to liberty -tree , where they proposed to him to renounce his present commission , and swear that he would never hold another inconsistent with the liberties of his country …..”, (Young, 49). These events transformed Hewes into a person he couldn’t even imagine, “He turned out because of a sense of kinship with “his townsmen” in danger; he stood his ground in defense of his “rights”; he was among the “people” who delegated a committee to act on their behalf; he took part in the legal process by giving a deposition, by attending the trials, and as he remembered it, by testifying. In sum, he had become a citizen, a political man “, (Young,41).

The Boston Massacre is one of the most controversial events in American history that occurred in Boston before the American Revolution. Certainly, it has a fundamental role in the development of America as a nation, which led it to have a huge motivation for revolution. A heavy British military presence and having very high taxes in the country were some of the main reasons that made Boston citizens very irritated. Thus, there were already many disagreements and tensions between inhabitants and the British that could have led to the Massacre. In this essay, I will carefully analyze three primary sources, and compare these to the interpretation given by HBO’s John Adams. In my view, these sources can be

Lexington and Concord General Gage had a secret plan. During the early hours of the morning on April 19, 1775 he would send units of British soldiers in quarters to Boston. They would capture Colonial leaders Sam Adams and John Hancock. After they would hit Concord and take their gunpowder. Unfortunately American spies and friends spilled the beans. Horseback riders like Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Dr. Samuel Prescott went to the countryside to warn the people the British were coming. They would also tell them they were coming in by sea. They got caught about half way from Lexington to Concord. The word spread from town to town. Militia were ready to confront the British. They were willing to help their neighbors in Lexington and Concord. Originally militia was organized to protect settlers from the French or Native American attacks. The members who were selected from the militia were called minuteman. They were called minuteman because they could get ready to

At Concord, hundreds of miltia and minutemen alike gathered in preparation, they were not going to go down without a fight (Boots, 66). The British began to retreat and the militia followed them by flanking them. The Patrios picked them off easily in the narrow roadway as they sought shelter behind trees, rocks, and tall grass (Inskeep). The British were relatively easy targets due to the brightness of their scarlet uniforms (Boots, 66). The British suffered a loss of 65 men, with 207 wounded, whereas the colonists had only lost 49 men, with 44 wounded (Boots, 67). This was the first time the colonists had utilized guerilla warfare, and it paid off. It played on their strengths, particularly their knowledge of the land and their ability to use it for their advantage. They learned of a plot, and they quickly and efficiently devised a way in which to minimize their loses while expanding on their potential gains of liberty and patriotism. Guerrilla warfare, was the only way that the colonists could have won against Gage in this instance, and it instill in others that the war tactic in itself was not savage at all, but a

There was a battle at Lexington,Concord during April, 19 1775. It was a battle was between the minutemen/militia against the British redcoats. The minutemen were there in efforts to stop the redcoats to reaching Concord. The British was supposed to cross Lexington,Concord to get to Concord but was delayed by the minutemen. However, before all of this began , Paul Revere came to warn the militia but was arrested along with Mr. Dawes. So Prescot, another member of the Son of Adams, delivered the message to the minutemen about the British coming. In the end, the militia lost ,BUT it doesn’t end there. As soon as the British were coming back from Concord, The minutemen, that survived the battle, ambushed the redcoats in the forest killing

American history is full of battles and freedom fighters. From the Boston tea party to voting rights. America fought against a king who was unfair and unjust. They may have had a civil war but it was also for the idea that rights were being taken away. The country has many amazing historical characters that made it the country it is today. This paper will discuss the Boston Tea Party, George Washington’s inaugural address, his warnings upon leaving office as well as the Boston Massacre, the Battles of Lexington and Concord, and John Adams on voting rights.

“1776” is a story of war. This book chronicles the year 1776 and the different battles that took place during the year. Instead of exploring the political changes the year oversaw, Pulitzer Prize winner, David McCullough explores in a different perspective on the battles that occurred during the year. From battle strategies, to the lives of Major Generals, McCullough takes you through the story in a more realistic and factual perspective. “1776” offers an intimate look into the military aspects of the revolutionary war which creates a more lively and engaging literature. McCullough opens the book in London, where King George III appears on behalf of his people to announce war with the North American colonies. American patriots sought to overthrow British government that overexerted its power and pressed the American colonists, which manifested in the former taxes and troops. The American colonists began to protest and riot, which increased tension, eventually leading to the Battle of Lexington and Concord,

By not being knowledgeable on the changes in parliament that were occurring, Concordians became reluctant revolutionaries, yet by joining the revolutionary movement, they were able to attempt to change their society back to the way it was. This shows Concord’s deeply vested interest in what is best for Concord, rather than what was best for America. Concord limited their resistance movements, refusing to “establish a of correspondence to keep in touch with the protests elsewhere.” They did little to protest the Townshend Acts, doing “no more than [passing] a mild Boston inspired resolution urging the promotion of ‘industry, economy…” and did not openly boycott any British

As the British approached the Galloping Hill Bridge over the Rahway River, they were met by New Jersey Militiamen and soldiers from Washington's Continental Army under the command of Major General Nathaniel Greene. The Militia - the