America's Revolutionary War is a subject that engenders perpetual curiosity. By any sensible reckoning, Britain should have won the war. ... Losing the war was inconceivable, and outright impossible. ... The surrender of Cornwallis effectively ended the war. ... When England lost the war, political and military leaders found themselves on the wrong side of history. ...
The first thing that really made George Washington a big name was the Revolutionary War even though he did play a significant role in the French and Indian War. ... Two weeks later came the news that Washington had feared: Revolutionary France had declared war on Britain, Spain, and the Netherlands. The United States had allied themselves with France after France was helped the colonists in the Revolution. ... The United States did not fully realize this when the First World War started. ... The United States had to enter the war. ...
When the film opens in 1776, Martin is a South Carolina plantation owner who is staunchly against the revolutionary war (although he is not against the colonies seceding from England). Having already seen and taken part in vicious bloodshed in the French and Indian War, Martin just wants to play the part of the good widower, taking care of his seven children and tending his plot of land. ... Martin manages to stay out of battle for two years until the war arrives at his doorstep in the form of the particularly malicious British Col. ... Is he really a noble patriot fighting for a greater Ame...
This evolution of a congress is clear as it eventually formed the Articles of Confederation after the war. ... When the war ended, Americans had some trouble adjusting. ... When the French and Indian War came to a close, a new nationalistic feeling arose out of individual Americans and they came to see themselves as Americans, and not British. ... During the war, people worked together for the common cause of independence from the England and its tyrannical King. ... This all took place during the course of the war, and even minorities experienced this change. ...
The story opens in England, October 26, 1775, with King George III of England addressing the British Parliament on the war in the North American colonies. ... Washington, a Tidewater planter, was also an experienced soldier and surveyor, serving with distinction under Edward Braddock in the French and Indian War. ... His correspondence is rich with description of Washington, the war, and the meaning of life. ... The second section of the book, "The Fateful Summer," describes the movement of the war southward from Boston to New York, where the British and the Americans fought for cont...
