The men started digging a square fortification about 130 feet on the sides with ditches at the bottom. ... General Washington was beginning to lose all trust with the Colonists. ... George Washington was becoming The American hero to the people. ... George Washington set up his defenses there but it was not strong. ... This was one of Washington's worst moments in the war. ...
After this Washington was elected for the position over Hancock. ... At this time Hancock gave his full time and support to helping Washington. ... He was the in-between man, between Washington and Congress. ... Hancock kept Washington posted daily on what was going on. ... Not everything went to John, a brick home to be used as a parsonage was donated to the Brattle square church, and all of her slaves were released and given a good sum of money each, upon John's aunts request. ...
With the land there were divisions of townships, which are six square miles each; many of which were provisions for education. ... Shays' Rebellion was a sign to many Americans, including people like George Washington, John Adams, James Madison, and Roger Sherman, that the country needed a strong, centralized government. ...
Less than six months before the defeat of Cornwallis at Yorktown, the British intercepted a letter written by George Washington wherein he expressed the need for the war to end with the next campaign. The Continental Army was exhausted, the fledgling nation impoverished. " we are at the end of our tether now or never our deliverance must come " Washington wrote. ... In a letter to Vice Admiral Arbuthnot, commander of the Royal Navy's North American station, Cornwallis wrote that there " is but one way of inducing the violent rebels to become our friends, and that is by convincing them it...
