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The Fight for Freedom
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The Human Weapon of Death
The forming of the continental army is significant because it shows how patriots loved their country. John Adams, who was from Massachusetts, proposed that congress create a continental army made up of troops from all the. George Washington of Virginia lead this continental army. It was formed in May of 1775, when many other major events happened. The continental army was always suffering from all kinds of problems. It was always short on men, and Washington never had more than 20,000 troops at -
Peacemaker Meets Rejection
The Olive Branch Petition, signed in July 1775, was one of the most important events in the American Revolution because it basically symbolized the official start of it.When the Americans wrote a peace treaty to King George III, they were trying to achieve peace between Great Britain and the colonies. The Americans were desperate for peace, because the signing of this petition happened after Lexington and Concord and the Battle of Bunker Hill. However, by the time the petition (named the “Olive -
The Feathered Belief
The signing of the Declaration of Independence is one of the most important because the people fought bloody wars and battles just to earn their country’s freedom. The colonies wanted to declare their independence, so they stopped with protests and petitions and decided to fight. On July 4, 1775, the delegates approved a final version of the Declaration of Independence. One by one, they each stepped forward to sign it. In doing so, they pledged to support independence with “our lives, our fortu -
The Bloody Beginning
The Battle of Bunker Hill, on the night of June 16,1776, was one of the most important events of the American Revolution because this battle was the real start of the war. Many Patriots died in this bloody battle and were forced to retreat not because they were crushed by the British, but because they used up all their gunpowder. The British attacked the Americans 3 times, but still the Americans held their ground. The Americans also named this as the first “victory”, because not all their men d
