1776 David Mccullough Thesis

David McCullough wrote the book 1776 because he likes history and because he wanted to teach people about the revolutionary war. Mr.McCullough wanted to teach people on how the Revolutionary war was fought and how the Americans were about to lose the war against the British. He also wanted to portray both sides of the war on how the Americans forces were brilliant and where they were luck he did the same thing for the british. David McCullough wanted to show what techniques the americans and the british had. He also wanted to teach us about the leaders that were in the wars and he gave us information about their backgrounds like where they came from. David McCullough wrote this book to explain why these wars were fought he explained to us

In 1776 George Washington the leader of the Continental Army led his country in the battle for the freedom of many people. The book 1776 tells the story via a neutral point of view and data collected via American and British archives and he gathered enough information that is accurate material about the American Revolution to support his thesis.I think his main thesis is that it is a miracle that the colonies were able to defeat the army of the British Empire and that they were able to gain their independence from them.The opening quote from the book is where George Washington says that things appear to be getting very desperate. George Washington said, "Few people know the predicament we are in". David McCullough relays, was the rising crisis that was happening in the American colonies. The King declares that the American colonies are in a state of rebellion, and asks both the House of Lords and House of Commons to support his position. George Washington tried to inspired his men with inspirational quotes like, "perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages"or "The fate of unborn millions will now depend, under God, on the courage and conduct of his army." Colonel Henry Knox, also a prevalent leader in the Continental Army, led his forces into battle and also tried to inspire them in a similar way that George Washington tried to

He didn't cast George Washington as a better and more competent field general than Howe in fact, he recalled a number of times when George Washington's decisions almost cost the Continental Army to lose . David McCullough showed the American forces were brilliant and that they were lucky, and when they were being terrible examples of human beings, and he did the same for the British/Hessian army he showed the people how good and bad they were. There were some biases that he made from the American army as the rough, ragged, grass roots underdog army in comparison to the more refined and well-trained British army. Maybe the American army really was the heavy underdog when they were being compared to the British army, who were the greatest military force during that time. David McCullough does place some emphasis on Washington, but the entire book does not revolve around Washington. We are given sufficient information of the other commanders who were involved during this time including General Howe, Nathanael Greene, Henry Knox, and others. McCullough provides the reader with a history for each man, allowing us to see where each of the men came from so that we could better understand their motivations as they moved through the war. In the end David McCullough did a great job in the book he explained to us what was happening from the different point of views of people. I felt that the book was organized he