Continental Army

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from other towns joined together to form the continental army. On April 19, 1775 the first battle of the American Revolution was fought, but on April 18,

Our country would had never fallen into place the way it does today if it weren’t for him. He was one of the greatest american generals of the colonial armies during the American Revolution. George was born in Westmoreland, Virginia, on February 22, 1732. George had six brothers and three sisters. Around 1752, he had not had any experienced army time. His brother Lawrence, had been in the british militia and became motivated to George, to join. But, His mother did not allow him to. George grew curious

in the town of Trenton, New Jersey between the Continental Army, led by Commander-in-Chief, General (GEN) George Washington, and the British contracted Hessian Army, led by Colonel (COL) Johann Rahl. The Battle of Trenton served as the first major American victory in the Revolutionary war. Prior to the Battle of Trenton, American forces had endured nearly constant defeat as the British pushed them from New York and into Pennsylvania. The Continental Congress had pleaded for a battle victory to

Valley Forge Andrew Hoffman Mountain View High School Valley Forge The Continental Army, led by George Washington, spent the winter of 1777-1778 at Valley Forge. This was 20 miles outside of Philadelphia, where the British had taken control of earlier that year. The conditions were terrible at Valley Forge, the weather was freezing and many soldiers didn’t have many clothes, but they had to stay close enough to Philadelphia to keep an eye on the British (Washington leads). Although

Revolutionary War. Nathanael Greene had won three battle which had raised the morale for the Continental army. The three battles he had won were the battles of Trenton, German town and Brandywine. He had won these battles because he would make small sudden attacks on the British which would weaken their defenses. In 1780 General George Washington gave Nathanael the orders to lead the feeble Revolutionary army in the

military, and he did. In 1951 he traveled to england to join the British army. In 1758 Henry ranked up to lieutenant colonel in the British army. Two years later Henry was serving as an aide-de-camp to Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick during the Seven Years of War. Henry pursued his dream of being in the army, and continued through it his whole life. By the winter of 1777-1778, Sir Henry had become Commander-in-Chief of the British army in North America. This promotion took place during the American Independence

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

moves and living routines were given leading up to the Continental Army taking Dorchester Heights. This forced the British to evacuate because Washington had sent for cannons and on Dorchester heights was close enough for deadly fire on Boston. From Boston, Washington left a small group, but the rest of his troops moved to New York; which was the British’s next target. At New York the battle of Brooklyn was disastrous for the Continental Army. Afterwards the British moved ships into the Hudson and

Lane Truex 1301.5 November 21 2014 Review of: Benson Bobrick, Angel in the Whirlwind: the Triumph of the American Revolution (New York, Penguin, 1997), 553 pp. In the chapter Kings, Parliament, and Inherited Rights, starts off with the quote about the revolution. The revolution was in the mind and the hearts of people, a change in their religious sentiments of their duties and obligations. The evolution of the revolution began was an argument over rights that changed into struggle for power of each