Battle of the Chesapeake

The final battle for Yorktown began at least a year before any armed military conflict even took place. Each army moving their assets like chess pieces honing in for the checkmate. This game of strategy requires great planning and many different, yet important parts. One piece that combined with other acts of espionage to win the battle was James Rivington. George Washington knew that for the French Naval Fleet to be most effective, some of the British naval codes must be discovered to give the American

The American colonies’ victory in the Revolutionary War rewarded them with independence from England and allowed them to begin a new nation of states. Political, diplomatic, and military factors were a huge role in their prized independence. At The Second Continental Congress in 1775, noble colonists from all thirteen colonies agreed to appoint George Washington, a respectable, trusted leader, as general of the American military and drafted the Declaration of independence, which was approved in

1. George Washington (1789-1797) Neutrality Proclamation of 1763 stated that the U.S. would stay neutral 
and would not aid neither France or Great Britain Stayed neutral during French Revolution- Washington refused to take neither France nor Britain’s side during the war The First Cabinet: 1. John Adams- Vice President 2. Thomas Jefferson- Secretary of State  3. Edmund Randolph- Attorney General  4. Alexander Hamilton- Secretary of Treasury 5.Henry

land (Foner 51-52). England hoped that some people of the lower classes would then go to America: to be out of the big cities where important people were, while still helping England in it’s economy. 2. Some obstacles the English settlers in the Chesapeake overcame were indentured servitude and getting land from the natives. A majority of the settlers were indentured servants, and for all of the servants, they had to do a certain number of years of labor to be free (Foner 54). This was an obstacle

Battle of Yorktown In 1781 general George Washington and his 17,000 troops of the continental army and the army of France entered the city of Yorktown, Virginia. With Lord General Cornwallis he only had 9,000 troops to try to defend the city of Yorktown. This is known as the most important battle in the revolutionary war. General Cornwallis chose Yorktown as his base in case he and his troops needed to escape by sea. But unfortunately for Cornwallis the United States formed an alliance with France

insensitivity towards each other led to controversy. In most cases, socially, colonies in the Americas tolerated Native Americans, but ignored or resented their customs and traditions. In the Chesapeake Bay region, colonists initially accepted help from the Powhatan natives, but soon rejected the idea

When Christopher Columbus had first arrived in 1492 to the New World, American Indians and European colonists started interacting with each other. These two very different societies interacting with one another was caused by the European colonists’ desire to expand into the New World and the land owned by American Indians. Due to the unwillingness to accept the Native people, the relationship in the New World between these two societies was a one of unease and violence. When the first European

Tecumseh and Tenskatawa, also known as the Prophet, fought for the British and lead Native Americans into battle. The majority of the world viewed this war, not as a separate war, but as continuing conflict of the Napoleonic Wars. The United States viewed the War of 1812 as a second war with the British and a repeated fight for independence. The fronts, on which the war was raged, included battles at

blazed capital at illustrious line. William Henry Harrison successful at Battle of the Thames-negative Natives of Northwest and lessened capacity to shield claims iii)Andrew Jackson crushed Creek Indians @ Battle of Horseshoe Bend 1814, proceeding with intrusion into Sunshine State and caught Pensacola Sept 1814 b)Battles With area i)After Nap given 1814 European country prepared to attack U.S., landed armada in Chesapeake area. Aug 1814 caught and smoldered Washington ii)Americans at Fort McHenry

The Battle of Yorktown was a major turning point in the Revolutionary War and led to the creation of the United States of America. After six grueling years of war the end of the war was near. Six months before the morale of the continental army was at the lowest point of the war. Congress was bankrupt due to rampant inflation caused by the mass production of continental dollars. The continental army was being trounced in the south by the British who had regained South Carolina and Georgia. Also many