...equipment managed to overcome the most powerful army and navy in the world by George Washington’s leadership abilities, geography, foreign assistance, and the Colonists’ spirit and attitude. Firstly, George Washington’s leadership abilities showed what a courageous and determined leader he was. With George Washington’s leadership, the American fleet was able to conquer the British. At first, things weren’t so sunshiny and flowers. Eventually, his courageous attitude showed when he and his army were on their way to Princeton/. There, the British force surprised attacked them, but instead of running, George Washington directed him army to fight in bravery and rode directly into the chaos. George Washington was as well a tactical thinker. In the Battle of Trenton was where he came up with an idea to do a hit and run on the...
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...Topic: What are the strengths and weaknesses of John Adams and George Washington? Many people view our Founding Fathers as brave, intelligent men and I would not dare disagree with them. The men that started our nation were brave enough to stand up to the most powerful country in the world at that time with very little resources or people to back them up. They transformed the hardships of the original colony, Jamestown, into our fifty states we have today. Although I will give them credit in saying that what the Founding Fathers did is something that no one in history has ever dared to do or ever will again, these men were still human. Historians do not like to focus on the impurities of the originators of our nation but they, three hundred years...
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...If they mean to have war, let it begin here.¨ - John Parker (1729-1775). I feel the Revolutionary War was revolutionary with things bad that happened along the way. The war was revolutionary because it allowed independence to come to all the colonists, and allowed them to part away from Britain. The commander-in-chief during this war was George Washington. George Washington played a very big role and was in charge of making decisions, but kept his plan secret from his own men. The person that was mainly by his side through it all was Friedrich Von Steuben. George Washington chose Von Steuben because of how strong and fearless he was. Washington's soldiers were trained by Von Steuben to be less fearful and stronger than ever before. Something...
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...George Washington's Greatest Challenges George Washington's Greatest Challenges Good Morning, Everyone. My name is Jeremy Beltran, and today I will be talking about George Washington. At the time of the American Rebellion Washington was a great leader of the continental army. Following his role as a leader he was elected as the first president of the United States of America. Yet, he had two issues that became his greatest challenges; the military and government development. One of the issues Washington faced was with stock for the military forces. There was an old saying. "amateurs study tactics while professional warriors study logistics." (Facts about Washington, n.d., Para#6) Not being able to provide the army with all the required material effected combat efficiency. As an active duty member myself receiving required materials is what I would expect the government to focus on. As well as it being conducted effectively. "George Washington urged congress and the thirteen states to replenish the desperate need for the following items: shoes, shirts, blankets, and gunpowder." (Facts about Washington, n.d., Para#6) Yet it became difficult for him to get these resources due to the selfishness of the thirteen states. It seems George Washington was adamant about the military, and if he wasn't so strong willed it may have consumed him. During the Valley Forge winter military camp of 1777-1778 it became very difficult to get supplies to them. "Rather than snow and cold temperatures...
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...Mikayla Evans 8th Grade English Mrs. King November 24, 2015 The Battle of Long Island What would one know about the battle of Long Island? Although it may not be the most well known battle of the revolutionary war, its leaders, causes, events, and effects made it an important role in the Revolutionary War. General George Washington was born on February 22, 1732- this means that he was only about 44 years old when the Battle of Long Island had started.- He fought for the Americans during the Revolutionary War and was a very courageous, brave, and selfless general. Fighting for the British is General William Howe. He was born on August 10, 1729. Only three years older than Washington, General Howe was 47 years old when the Battle of long Island...
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...French Indian War and George Washington: Shaping Our Countries Independence HIST 101 American History to 1877 Nicholas R. Arrivey American Military University Professor Sine The French and Indian War: Shaping Our Countries Independence The French and Indian War lasted from 1756 – 1763, lasting seven long years. Compared to other significant events in our great countries history (like the Revolutionary War), how could these mere seven years play such a huge role in shaping our countries independence? Could it be because of the outcome of the war? Or could it be because of the personnel who took part during the French and Indian War? One key person who was involved in this war and is a founding father of the country is President George Washington. His role in this war helped him gain leadership traits and abilities that guided him to shape the great country. The French and the British were involved in a conflict over the Ohio Valley during the early 1750s. The main conflict was due to the French and the British expanding their territories over the land while crossing paths in Ohio. The French had already set up trading posts in Ohio. Once the British entered into Ohio they also set up trading posts, which the French viewed as the British impeding on their commerce they gained from the Indians. Mount Vernon Non-Profit states, “In 1744 the Iroquois signed the Treaty of Lancaster with the British, which ceded Iroquois claims in Maryland and Virginia. While the Iroquois...
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...Patriot Success: Washington’s Strategic Skill or British Operational and Strategic Failure Introduction Sun Tzu considered war as a necessary evil that must be avoided whenever possible. Many opportunities were presented to the British rule by the Americans to prevent the Revolutionary War and vice versa. The design, execution and effects of operations played a significant role on both sides from the outset of the war thus completely affecting the Clausewitzian Trinity of government, people, and army. Operational and strategic mistakes of the British led to Patriot success. However, it can be argued that the strategic skill of George Washington led to Patriot success. Center of Gravity The first, the supreme, the most far-reaching act of judgment that the statesman and commander have to make is to establish by that test the kind of war on which they are embarking; neither mistaking it for, nor trying to turn it into, something that is alien to its nature (Clausewitz, 88). He says this is the first of all strategic questions and the most comprehensive. Strategically, the British never established the type of war they would be committing themselves to until the passion of the people within the Colonies reached a point of no return. George Washington saw Great Britain’s center of gravity (CoG) as the will of its government (Weigley, 5). The British government deduced...
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...George Washington and John Adams were the first two presidents of the United States. They played vital roles in creating the American Republic, and had it not been for them, our current American Republic would be very different or possibly even nonexistent. Yet, despite the hard work they put into our nation’s beginnings, they were also very different. Both men came from the same era, but could one be considered better than the other? George Washington, born on February 11, 1732, in Westmoreland Country, Virginia was our nation's first President. Washington and his ancestors were quite influential in Virginia “The patriarch of the family, John Washington, had come over from England in 1657 and established the Washingtons as respectable, if not...
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...The Monumentally Motivational Martha Few women of the revolutionary era can compare to the massively influential female figure that is Martha Washington. Fondly attractive and loved by all who knew her, this female pursued her passions in a way all her own. She strove to establish new and helpful schemes for those she cared about. Without Martha the American Revolution as we know it may have been a complete loss to the justice seeking patriots. Born as Martha Dandridge on June 2, 1731 in New Kent County, Virginia, Martha was raised on the Chestnut Grove plantation. At a young age, her parents began instilling upon her the normal responsibilities that would be hers as a future bride. She was also educated at an early age, a rarity to women...
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...last battle of the revolutionary war was in Yorktown. It happened in 1781. This painting shows the forces of British Major General Charles Cornwallis, first Marquess Cornwallis (1738-1805) (who was not present when they were giving up, giving up to French and American forces after the Attack of Yorktown (September 28 - October 19, 1781) during the American Revolutionary War. The central figures showed are Generals Charles O'Hara and Benjamin Lincoln. The United States government (put into use/paid in exchange for services) Trumbull to paint country-loving paintings, including this piece, for them in 1817, paying for the piece in 1820. The Yorktown (series of actions to reach a goal) secured/made sure of American efforts to win independence from Great Britain would end...
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...In his piece titled “The Greatness of George Washington”, Gordon S. Wood is trying to show the reader that George Washington was great not because of his intellect or his military genius, but because of his virtuous character. When you look closely at George Washington’s life, it is evident that he was not a prominent scholar, especially when compared to some other Founding Fathers. Although he was brilliant at running his plantation, Washington never went to college, and, as Jefferson said, his “‘colloquial talents were not above mediocrity” (Oates 135). For these reasons, it is hard to imagine Washington “expressing his views on Plato in the Jefferson and John Adams did” (Oates 135). Also, even though his role as general during the Revolutionary...
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...George Washington is well known as the general who helped the colonies gain their freedom from the British. As the first president of a young country, he helped form the government and laws that still exist today. How he acted as president would affect the office from that time on. Washington was born February 11, 1731 in Virginia, which at the time was a British colony. According to the New World Encyclopedia, “Washington was the oldest child from his father’s second marriage. Washington had two older half-brothers: Lawrence and Augustine, Jr and four younger siblings: Betty, Samuel, John Augustine and Charles.” (2) Washington’s parents were of British descent and his father was a plantation owner, which included slaves....
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...Most Americans nowadays like to think that they have the American Revolution pretty well figured out. Conventional wisdom starts the saga in 1763 when Britain, saddled with debt at the close of the Seven Years' War, levied new taxes that prompted her American colonists to resist, and then to reject, imperial rule. Having declared independence and defeated the British, American patriots then drafted the constitution that remains the law of the land to this day. With George Washington's inauguration as president in 1789, the story has a happy ending and the curtain comes down. This time-honored script renders the road from colonies to nation clear, smooth, and straight, with familiar landmarks along the way, from Boston's Massacre and Tea Party through Lexington and Concord, then on to Bunker Hill and Yorktown before reaching its destination: Philadelphia in 1787, where the Founders invented a government worthy of America's greatness. Those Founders are equally familiar. Washington and Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin and James Madison, Sam and John Adams, Patrick Henry and Alexander Hamilton: in the popular mind this band of worthies, more marble monuments than mere mortals, guides America towards its grand destiny with a sure and steady hand. "[F]or the vast majority of contemporary Americans," writes historian Joseph Ellis, the birth of this nation is shrouded by "a golden haze or halo."(1) So easy, so tame, so much "a land of foregone conclusions" does America's Revolution...
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...America’s founders influenced its political system more than Alexander Hamilton. He was a member of the Continental Congress, an author of the Federalist Papers, a champion of the Constitution and the first secretary of the Treasury. Hamilton raised up and made a difference in the American Revolution War. He became allies with some of the top men that we know today without a second thought. But there’s so much more to Hamilton’s legacy then we give him credit for. Born on an island in the Caribbean to a poor family and eventually orphaned, Hamilton led a rough childhood. Hamilton's birth date is disputed, but it is often listed as January 11, 1755. Due to his family being poor, his education was only brief. His mother had previously been married to a Danish proprietor on St. Croix at a very young which ended in divorce — where the court then prohibited her remarriage. The marriage to James Hamilton was acceptable socially on Nevis, but nowhere else. The union resulted in the birth of two...
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...novel,”Founding Brothers” author Joseph Ellis illustrates the Revolutionary era by providing insights of the Founding Fathers. Ellis also distinguishes the behind scenes look during the revolutionary period as he comes across the explanation of how America successfully achieved their independence from Great Britain, declaration of Independence, and established the United States Constitution. Ellis takes the reader back into American history to view how these founding fathers (Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and James Madison) contributed to the American Revolution.Alexander Hamilton “was [the] secretary of treasury”(48). He was described as an ambitious man, he had developed a financial plan to pay off the state debts. Part of his plan was to collaborate a National Bank. He wanted Congress to charter this bank that would provide stability to America's economy by establishing loans to merchants, handling government funds, and issuing...
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