... of Brigadier General. Washington's continental forces are cored on the forces from several colonies gathered in Boston and Cambridge. Two days after being named General of the American forces the battle of Bunker Hill occurs. The American forces drive back the British forces twice and suffer fewer, casualties marking the first victory by George Washington in the Revolutionary War. After Bunker Hill Washington go to Long Island to attempt to ... defend New York from General William Howe but is soundly defeated. He regroups at Harlem (or Dorchester depending on point of reference ... ...

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... , he built boats from the trees in the surrounding area. Benedict Arnold was also building boats at the same time. When Burgoyne started sailing down Lake Champlain, he ran into Arnold. Benedict Arnold was one of the greatest generals in the Revolutionary War. They violently fought on the ships with sabers. The hot irons on the back of the ship were for cauterizing the wounded. Burgoyne won the first part of the battle because he had ... more men. While Burgoyne wintered in New York, the American forces had much time to prepare. In the spring, Burgoyne was ambushed by the American forces...

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... was a controversial one. As an American military major general and a British military genius, Arnold had a great influence on the Revolutionary War. Benedict Arnold was born in Norwich, Cnnecticut on January 14, 1741. In his early life, he was apprenticed to an apothecary, or druggist. In 1761, at the age of 20, he moved to New Haven, Connecticut, after his father's death. Benedict Arnold was quite a ... soldier. He began his military career as a militiaman in the French and Indian War. His second military appearance was in the Revolutionary War. He and Ethan ... Allen led a campaign up...

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... of arts degree in just one year. As the war of independence began, I took a trip to Boston, which solidified my loyalties with the colonists. I made a sensational speech attacking British policies, at a mass meeting in New York City. On March 14th, 1776, I was captain of a company of artillery set up by the New York providential congress. The proficiency and bravery that I displayed around New ... York City impressed General Washington. I joined Washington's personal staff in March of 1777 and I was given the title lieutenant colonel. I served four years as Washington's personal secretar...

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... California, in August of 1971 at the hands of prison officials sent shockwaves throughout the prisons of the United States. (Zinn, A People's History, 519) He had been the voice of the thousands of inmates, who witnessed firsthand the injustices of the American judicial system. On the morning of September 9, 1971 a group of prisoners broke free, and took 40 guards hostage in the main prison yard of Attica State ... , as thirty one prisoners and nine guards lost their lives. (Zinn, A People's History, 521) The prisoners who had been caged behind bars, finally rebelled, and it signaled the...

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... 's house, and he pays them an unexpected visit. At this point in the story Father decides to leave on a trip to the Arctic. The immigrant family in the Lower East Side are suffering from poverty. The famous Evelyn Nesbit visits the Lower East Side, meets Tateh's little girl and becomes friends with her leading her to visit her regularly. Evelyn's new little friend becomes ill and she ... everyone. Henry Ford pays a lunch visit to J.P. Morgan and they discuss technology and religion. A black man named Coalhouse Walker stops by the family's home in New Rochelle, asking to see Sarah, but sh...

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... took Franklin's advice and with recommendation from Franklin, he immigrated to Philadelphia. "He became an editor on the Pennsylvania Magazine and also anonymously published writings, including poetry." One of the articles that he wrote was, "African Slavery in America." He condemned the practice of slavery. On January 10th, 1776, Paine published his most famous work; a fifty-page pamphlet called Common Sense ... (Encarta). Published anonymously, the pamphlet sold 100,000 copies in the first three months, and all together sold over 500,000 copies. The influence of Common Sense insisted t...

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... began to give money privately in order to outfit a private militia. The merchants, citizens, and people on the legislature not only paid well but also supplied what the militia needs and were also able to recruit a few more citizens in and around Boston for the militia. They put the group of soldiers under the command of a Revolutionary War general, Benjamin Lincoln. Shays kind of messes up and he believes ... that General Lincoln won't actually fire on him and his group. He was wrong, for General Lincoln takes his men, march west, and encountered Shays and ... his rebels. They are in ...

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