America's Revolutionary War is a subject that engenders perpetual curiosity. ... The political and military leaders of England during the Revolutionary War period are the men who lost America. ... British leadership during the Revolutionary War and the era immediately preceding it thought they were defending liberty and the rule of law. ... His uncle was a general, and his brother William served in the Royal Navy during the Revolutionary War, so there was something of a family military tradition. ... Cornwallis demonstrated a history of opposition to the policies that initiated the Revolu...

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James Otis The Revolutionary War brought out dynamic personalities of men, which have made freedom a reality for us. ... He was an extremely powerful militia general during the revolutionary war, contributing in many ways to the independence effort. ... George Washington The American Revolutionary War brought out, with out question, some the finest possible patriots known to man, each rising up against the powerful crown of England. ... Charles Lee American patriots during the Revolutionary War of the 1770s and 1780s did not necessarily come from the colonies. ... Tea, 1771 -73...

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The Revolutionary Communes had committees that watched everyone in the neighborhood and special passes were needed to travel from one city to another. ... Now contrast all of this with the American Revolution, more correctly called the War for Independence. ... A war was fought to be sure, and soldiers died in that war. But . . . there was none of the butchery which we have come to accept as a natural concomitant of revolutionary warfare. . . . There was no 'revolutionary justice'; there was no reign of terror; there were no bloodthirsty proclamations by the Continental Congress." ...

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History raves about the heroics of men in war...but few instances are mentioned in which female courage was displayed. ... Soon after this the Revolutionary War began. ... Deborah thought often about this because growing up her family was influenced by war. "Deborah in a sense was born to war. ... This was laughed at because Deborah was a female and the woman's place was not in war but at home. ...

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