In 1776, one of the most popular and well known founding fathers led the fight for independence in the royal colonies. In David Hackett Fischer’s book, “Washington’s Crossing”, he describes the troubles and even the unknowns of Washington’s experiences during the Revolutionary War. Fischer goes into detail about the first approach of the British as their massive naval fleet surrounds the state of New York all the way up to the point when the British became the defensive force rather than the offensive. “Washington’s Crossing” illustrates how the American Revolution wasn’t just pure success as at the beginning of the war, the Americans took many losses that almost completely crushed the revolution entirely. However, eventually the tides would
The British also had a new strategy, they are going to take over the Hudson valley. “Okay we need to figure out a way to get into the Hudson valley” said a British troop. “Lets meet up in Albany, New York, where you can lead your troops south and I will lead mine north”. On June 1777 General Howe left with 8,000 troops to attack. “I'm so hungry and I need water”.
After the revolution was beginning in 1775-1776, the middle years brought the Americans rebels the knowledge that their struggle for independence would not be a quick and simple war. The most fearfully enemy of George Washington in the war was General Cornwallis. Maybe, if Washington would have attacked Clinton’s army in New York, the finish of the war would have been not in his favor, but Rochambeau had another idea: take Cornwallis on Virginia’s Yorktown peninsula. Thus, for the first time in the long war, Washington saw the opportunity to use naval superiority to his advantage. They send a message by frigate to admiral de Grasse in the West Indies, acting autonomously; he made one of the momentous decisions of the war.
Nor is it clear why “a blue water fleet that could be a force outside harbors, rivers, and the immediate coast” was any less essential for asserting America’s nationhood in 1777 than it would be in 1807. Daughan undervalues the services the Continental navy performed at sea; transporting diplomats, convoying specie, and showing the flag. None of the ministers that the Continental frigates carried to Europe was captured, whereas Henry Laurens, sent by Congress to Europe in a packet, was taken and imprisoned in the Tower of London. Congress could not place confidence in privateers for public missions. It would have been foolish to commit the shipment of
This historical study will define the major failures of the British strategy to divide New England from the Southern states during the Hudson Valley Campaign of 1777. General John Burgoyne’s strategy of a northerly invasion of New England was meant to control the Hudson Valley region in order to isolate the colonial forces from assistance from the south. Burgoyne’s initial victory over General Horatio Gates forces at the Battle of Freeman's Farm on September 19th, allowed him a small degree of success over the colonists. However, the ever-increasing size of the American military and the lack of British reinforcements from the south isolated Burgoyne’s forces in a defeat at the Battle of Bemis Heights on October 7th. Therefore, the Saratoga
It was an excellent move on Washington’s part because the British did not even see it coming. The American Colonists were at an advantage. And because of Washington’s move they won the victory. Then everyone knew that George Washington was a terrific military leader. Furthermore, historians have pointed out that because of Washington’s victory he was most definitely going to lead his army into another battle, The Battle of Princeton (militaryhistory.com).
This battle took place after a demoralizing defeat at Long island. George Washington was forced to retreat all the way across New Jersey back in Pennsylvania. Due to the cold and harsh winter and the defeats in the previous wars, the Continental Army was one the verge of abandoning the rebellion act. Therefore George Washington needed to find something to build up the spirit in his troops. As such he then decides to cross back over the Delaware River and attack the Hessians (German hired troops) at Trenton, New Jersey.
Following the British surrender at Saratoga, Lieutenant General Henry Clinton abandoned Philadelphia and marched his troops north. After a halt that lasted two days at Monmouth, Lieutenant General Clinton ordered his men to move out. General George Washington saw this as the perfect opportunity to
Because of the longer time periods required for moving troops by lands, Washington depended on having accurate and prompt information regarding British troop movements and intentions. Washington’s reliance on information led him to create a spy ring on Long Island and in New York City, the British army’s headquarters throughout the war. Washington began considering and strategizing how to send spies into New York as early as the winter of 1777. In 1778, Washington began planning and
York did just that and after the battle, him and his comrades made
Mistakes help find what went wrong with the
It was rechartered in 1770 when the first document had produced no results. Its first graduating class produced one graduate in 1774. On July 6, 1776, the third reading of the Declaration of Independence in the colonies took place in New Brunswick. Also, the Continental army took refuge at New Brunswick after their defeat at Fort Lee. George Washington and his army crossed the Raritan River on the retreat south across New Jersey that led to the Battle of Trenton.
The Second Continental Congress declared that the 13 colonies were marked independent from Britain. However, the American Revolution continued because the British did not want to have the American colonies taken away from them. On September 19, 1777 and October 7, 1777, the Battles of Saratoga were fought and it marked a turning point for the Revolutionary War. After both of these battles occurred, John Burgoyne, who was the British commander, surrendered to the American troops. Another major event of the American Revolution was when the Treaty of Paris was signed, which ended the American Revolutionary War.
On June 7th the 2nd continental congress presented a secret Resolution of Independence before, but only 12 of the states approved it New York being the state that didn’t. But now that
The Clinton Plan Another solution to try and solve health care declining reimbursements and medical costs increasing was The Clinton Plan that was introduced in 1993. The Clinton Plan gave benefits that can never be taken away, based on “security, savings, quality, choice, simplicity, and responsibility” (Preskitt). The overall idea of the plan was for it to reduce health care costs, better health care, increase choices for consumers, and reduce the paperwork for patients (Preskitt). Although the government thought the plan would be very popular, Preskitt stated that “the plan was a political failure” (Preskitt). Medical professionals disagreed with the plan because it gained more costs and the costs increased (Preskitt).
