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David Bushnell: The Cause Of The American Civil War

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In April 1775 British general Thomas Gage ordered his soldiers to destroy American rebel Military stores in Concord, Massachusetts. British and American forces clashed in Concord and Lexington starting the Revolutionary war. The New England state militias firepower forced British general William Howe to abandon Massachusetts in March 1776. A new stage in the war began in June 1776 when the British sailed into New York harbor with an army of 34,000 soldiers forcing the militia to retreat. To counter the british fleet in the harbor, David Bushnell came up with the idea to make a small craft that could slip through british waters and plant explosives on ships.A boat that traveled underwater wouldve been ideal but there were alot of technological barriers.Bushnell eventually overcame the limited technoligy of his time and built a one person submarine. …show more content…

David Bushnell is in a whale boat, down close to the turle giving some last important directions to Ezra Lee who is piloting the vessel. Then the sub is sealed and ezra is tugged along by the whale boats until they could see the lights of the british fleet.The turtle began to dive and hastily made his way towards the ships, but in his haste the sub shot up to the surface.He quickly goes under again hoping he hasnt been spotted. He then gave up on his mission and began to make his way for new

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