1776 Summary

2. The book 1776 is a very well written book that discusses and informs the reader of events of the many events and battles that had occurred during the American Revolution. The author David McCullough has even written from both the viewpoints of the Americans and the British as well. The opening scene of the book begins with a very in-depth description of King George III of England as he traverses through London on his magnificent royal transportation. The reason McCullough introduces King George III, as the first scene is to show how things were on the British side of the war. The reason King George III was making his way through town was because he was headed to Parliament to discuss about the idea of escalating the situation and treat it

The two conflicting sides of the American Revolution were vastly different from each other and the outcome itself is quite surprising. As you may know, the victors of the American Revolution were the Americans and they managed to break free of British control. The reason for this being so surprising is that the army of the Americans was mostly comprised of average everyday people. As opposed to that, the British, who were once hailed as the strongest power of the world at one point in history, were highly trained and skilled in combat and they had a very strong naval force. Seeing it like this one might point out that the British were at a complete advantage. But, there some things that the Americans had over the British. One being that the war was fought on American soil, so they clearly had the home-field advantage. Another thing, which could be debatable, is my opinion that both sides had different levels of motivation going into the war. I believe that Americans had a greater desire to win but at times, their motivation did fluctuate from time to time after they had lost a battle or so. My claim for their greater sense of motivation is because they had a genuine thing that they would gain. Unlike the British who simply felt the need to keep a colony of theirs, the Americans were fighting for freedom that they had never really had. With this in mind, I would not necessarily say the Americans had an advantage over the British but their desire was

During the time of the American Revolution, there was a lot of regional prejudice in the Continental Army. I do believe that those feelings are still with us today to a certain extent. However, in today’s day and age I do not suspect the prejudice to be as severe because throughout the course of history people have worked to cooperate with each other although it many years to achieve. Although it might not be to as great an extent as it was during the time of the American Revolution It is still there. An example being, how people from the north such as ourselves perceive southerners to be “slow” but this is primarily due to their accent and people jump to conclusions. Also after an event such as 9/11 for a while many people all had just labeled people of Middle Eastern descent or some immigrants as terrorists, which was simply unjust.

My Questions

1. If you were alive during the American Revolution as a person of significance in the revolutionary army what would you have done differently?

2. Had you been a resident in England during the time of the war how would you have reacted to the king’s decision to engage the Americans?

3. Do you think you could have done a better job than George Washington did as head of the Continental Army?

No, I don’t think I would have been able to do what he did, although he did not have the greatest judgment at times there was a lot of pressure on him as a leader with hopes of a whole nation on his back, and personally I don’t think that I have