After the opening Battles of Lexington and Concord in April, 1775, the colonials had engaged the British in what was commonly known as the Battle of Bunker Hill. ... In July, 1775, when George Washington arrived to take charge of the colonial troops, the British soldiers were under siege in the city, with supplies and food running dangerously low. ... McCullough is not content to focus solely on the Americans, however. ... In this struggle, the Americans fared less well than in Boston. ... For Washington, McCullough writes, "experience had been his greatest teacher from boyhood, and in th...

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1776, written by David McCullough, studies the rich history of the American Revolution from multiple points of view of the war, weaving together an epic that has stood the test of time. ... Though it might not have seemed it to the Americans at the time, the "rank-and-file British regular was far better trained, better disciplined, better equipped, and more regularly paid than his American counterpart further, the Redcoats were in far better health over all"(166-7). ... Sylvester Gardiner, who believed living under British rule had colonials enjoy "so much liberty" already ...

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The Boston Tea Party alone was not the main event that brought America her independence. ... This was a test and the colonists took it. ... On the night of April 18, 1775, British troops ventured out to steal the colonial military supplies that were stored 21 miles away at Concord. ... To this day America could still be under the rule of Britain. ... The colonists did and because of it America is now its own country. ...

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