General Gage told all 128 guns in the harbor, and the ground troops atop Copp's Hill in Boston to fire. The rest of the battle came and the British assault came with thousands of troops and took the hill. The Americans put up a good fight but they were so outmanned, they did not have a chance. .
After the defeat at Breed's Hill, the Americans recover and launch many Surprise attacks on Boston. The British surrendered Boston and retreated. The next British attack left the Americans mouths wide open as the British came with many warships and easily retook Boston. After this the Americans were forced to flee to New York. Eventually the Americans were forced to retreat all the way back to New Jersey. General Washington was beginning to lose all trust with the Colonists. After many defeats coming out of Boston he was forced to try to regain the peoples trust. That moment came with the crossing of the Delaware River into Trenton. This was the first battle that the American people saw some hope. The "Brilliant Strike" as Washington said was a surprising attack on the British who were defeated at Trenton. George Washington was becoming The American hero to the people. Many Colonists were now seeing the future, which was America as its own country. .
David McCullough told us in this book about how undermanned, out armed, and how very little training were done by the Americans. We truly were not supposed to win this war. McCullough tells us the story of how close we were to failing in this war. He also says that this war was lost by the British, not won by the Americans. George Washington said "Failures to Pursue," which could have been a subtitle for this book. When Washington wrote those words, he thought that the British were planning an assault on Philadelphia, the capital of the colonies. He did not know that General Howe, the British commander, had decided to stop fighting.
