To start off, Legacy is a fictional novel written by James A. Michener and it mainly surrounds over the main character and how his ancestors are all great patriots. The main character is Major Norman Starr who serves in the Army. He is on trial and ready to appear before a congressional committee to publicly account for his covert actions. Throughout the story we see his family history and his ancestors the Starrs. They all pretty much served the United States, and had key elements in movements of our nation.We also are introduced to Zack who is the attorney that is defending Norman for free and who was also his bunkmate back in the day. Zack was always saying “it's my job to prove your innocence and stay out of prison”. Alongside Zack we …show more content…
We know the story takes place in Washington because that’s where his trial is being held and that's where he resides with his wife. Although the flashbacks go all the way back to the thirteen original colonies. We observe 7 Generations of Starrs and their contributions to either the constitution or serving the nation. In the First flashback we see Jared Starr (1726-1787) who volunteered to serve in General Washington's Ragtag army. He also signed the declaration of independence. His goal was to fashion a strong new form of government but protect Virginia's interests, in response to Shay’s rebellion. He could’ve have made a dramatic contribution towards the constitution but he passed that on to his son Simon when he died due to two musket balls through his left …show more content…
Primarily it talks about how america was discovered and about how founded the first colonies or signing of the Declaration of independence. I have seen similarities between the novel Legacy and the book Don't know much about history even though Legacy talks about fictional characters, it also informs us of real events that happened through the founding of our nation. For example Shay’s Rebellion is seen in both books but in Legacy it is said that the Starrs aligned with Shay. Characters seen are real people and mostly its the Founding fathers and all the bills that were signed. We are also listed achievements or milestones in america. These are some milestones in the American Revolutionary World. 1775 April 18,19 700 British troops March on Concord to secure rebel arsenal, 1776 July 4 Declaration of Independence is formally adopted by Congress, 1777 September 19 First Battle of Saratoga. An american Victory, 1778 July 9 The articles of Confederation are signed by Congress 1779 September 27 Congress appoints John Adams to negotiate Peace with England, 1780 October 14 General Nathanael Greene replaces General Gates as commander of the southern army. Greene begins a guerrilla war of harassment against the British, 1781 September 28 A combined force of 9,000 americans and 7,000 French begin the siege of Yorktown, 1782 November 30 A preliminary peace treaty is signed in