... . Early in March 1776, using cannon brought down from Ticonderoga by Henry Knox, Washington occupied Dorchester Heights, effectively commanding the city and forcing the British to evacuate on March 17. He moved to defeat New York City against the combined land and seas forces of Sir William Howe. In New York he committed military blunder by occupying an untenable position in Brooklyn, although he saved ... one of a kind life. He was very strong willed man and the people loved him for that mentally and physically. George's life he had to fight in what he believed in and that was the Ameri...

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