George Germain

The Battles of Lexington and Concord The Battles of Lexington and Concord are the initial battles of the revolutionary war. In the Revolutionary war Britain descovers that the terrnosity of the Americans will not so easily be silenced. Hundreds of British troops, exstimated to be around 700, marched from Boston to Lexington on the evening of April 18, 1775, with secret orders to capture any weapons availble to the American militia. Thanks to the efforts of Paul Revere and William Dawes, who rode

On July 4, 1776, the Founding Fathers along with members from the Thirteen Colonies signed the Declaration of Independence, stating that all men are created equal and that they had the right to have life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness. This document would become the United States’ birthright and the ability to change its own government. By then, it would take another seven years before the United States could win and become a republic. One agreement from the Treaty of Paris included the fact

part of the Boston Massacre. He then married Lucy Flucker in 1774. A little after that he joined the Continental Army and fought in the battle of Bunker hill. After the battle he and George Washington talked and it was decided that he would be the Colonel of the Grenadier Corps. Fast forwarding Knox helped direct George Washington in the battle of Trenton. He was then promoted to Grenadier-General. Also on January 3, 1777 he got a commendation since he helped turn around a losing battle. Around that

Life at Valley Forge wasn’t all about guns. It was about building hope to people that want the freedom. This is how the soldiers’ got at Valley Forge. The commander was George Washington. The soldiers were told to withdraw at Boston and to retreat to New York City. The soldiers were unable to stop the British. So the British marched to the national capital of Philadelphia. They had some victories, but failed this one. That’s why the soldiers were told to set camp at Valley Forge. The date was December

George Washington was born on February 22, 1732 in Westmoreland County, Virginia. He was the oldest of six children, excluding his three half siblings of whom he was the youngest. His father was Augustine Washington and his mother was Mary Ball Washington. They moved three times during his childhood, and their second plantation is the present-day Mount Vernon, the house of George Washington. When he was 11, his father died and left most of his inheritance to Washington’s two older step-brothers.

He always wanted to be in the political light but always failed at it. His success finally came when the New York Governor George Clinton named him Attorney General in 1789. In 1791 he was elected to the United States Senate. He later ran for the United States Presidency in 1800 running against the popular Thomas Jefferson. The election ended in a tie Congress had to make the

The French and Indian war marked a turning point in American relation with Great Britain. Although mostly negative, this war also brought in a stronger ally ship with Great Britain who at the time was very powerful. This war helped America understand that Britain was very powerful and that if anything went wrong they would be even stronger if they worked together as allies. The French and Indian war led to the elimination of the French property in America, which was a major turning point. This war

Peter Stuyvesant was a big role in the developing of colonial New York. Peter was born in 1610 in the Netherlands by his parents Margaretha Hartenstein and Balthasar Stuyvesant. His father, Balthasar, was the clergyman of Friesland. Friesland was a province very close to New Netherland. Peter died at age 62 in Manhattan Island, New York in 1672. He got his nickname “Pegleg Peter” because he had to get his right leg amputated after an expedition against the Portuguese Peter Stuyvesant came to New

The Pawtucket Armory is located at 172 Exchange Street, in Pawtucket, RI. This building was listed on the National Historic Register in 1983. Construction of the building began in 1894, and was completed in 1895. The Pawtucket Armory was built for the Kearny Light Infantry, the Pawtucket Horse Guards First Cavalry, and the Tower Light Infantry of Pawtucket. The Pawtucket Armory housed 700 Militia in 1902. The militia was called out by Rhode Island's governor to help protect the city when it was

The Hartford Convention The Hartford Convention was an event held during the War of 1812 between December 15, 1814 and January 5, 1815 in Hartford, Connecticut. Leading members of the Federalist Party from Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Vermont gathered to discuss the objections they had with the administrations of Democratic-Republican presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Madison (Banner). They would not only bring to light the supposed wrongdoings of the presidents