Saratoga campaign

Many of America’s first colonists left their homes to find a place they could be free. They would no longer be persecuted for religion or social class. America soon became a place known for accepting a diverse group of people but ironically was home to the largest number of slaves in the world. Slavery in America was an institution that built the nation fiscally and physically. Eventually slaves went from living in “the home of the free” with no rights to fighting in legal battle in the court room

Ketchum begins in the fall and winter of 1776 in describing the events of the campaign. At the time, the future of the Revolution was in serious doubt---men were freezing, starving, and the Continental Army was dissolving around General Washington. More than anything else, he needed a victory. Ketchum displays to the reader how exactly the colonials got into such a distressing situation in the first place. Traveling back to 1774 and 1775 Ketchum explores the reason behind why and how the entire situation

If you live under a rock and have not been to a high school history class, then you probably have no idea about Benedict Arnold, you probably never even heard the name before. “Benedict Arnold was an early American hero of the Revolutionary war,” (Benedict Arnold). He later became a worldwide known traitor after switching to the British side. He fought in many wars throughout his life since the age of 16. Arnold joined the militia and traveled to upstate New York to fight the French. Benedict Arnold

gain freedom. Specific tribes such as the Mohawk and Creek took advantage of the chance for freedom and retaliation with allying with the British. During the 1777 campaign, a very helpful Mohawk leader named Joseph Brant teamed up with Colonel Barry St. Leger. Together they accomplished the surrendering of General Burgoyne at Saratoga. Even though the Natives were very helpful and loyal to the British during the Revolution, the British were not loyal to them. They

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CHAPTER 5 The American Revolution: From Elite Protest To Popular Revolt, 1763-1783 SUMMARY This chapter covers the years that saw the colonies emerge as an independent nation. The colonial rebellion began as a protest on the part of the gentry, but military victory required that thousands of ordinary men and women dedicate themselves to the ideals of republicanism. I. STRUCTURE OF COLONIAL SOCIETY In the period following the Seven Years' War, Americans looked to the future with great optimism

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The revolutionary war marked the start of our country. The colonists rebelled against unfair British government control from across the ocean, and decided to build a free country on their own. They fought back in a war named the Revolutionary War, which took 8 hard fought years from 1775-1783 for the US to win. Except they never actually won. What really happened was much less glamorous and inspiring. We could have never won a war against Britain. They were the superpower at that time and would be

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a foothold beyond the coast, the colonists did their best to push them back. Onslaught after onslaught eventually became too financially burdening for the English. Important military Campaigns from the era show truth to these tactics. One such is being the American victory over the British in the Battle of Saratoga in 1777. One of the British Generals, John Burgoyne, tried to make his way down from Canada with 7200 men, and meet up with two other English