The American Revolution
The Revolutionary War began in 1775, many young men weren’t old enough to join the army even though they wanted too very badly to support their countries in war. The Continental army was ill, people were dying and they don’t have good equipment to train or fight with. On the other hand the British army was well trained, well equipped, and well supported by the Royal Navy. They had 25,000 men in New York, over 400 British ships at the New York Harbor which was the biggest army and largest fleet the British had over sent overseas. Joseph Martin who was one of the boys who wasn’t old enough to help fight the first year of the war, Joseph said that no matter how big the army is because he says the American were unbeatable. He was also one of the most prepared for the war, before he could even join he traded his plow for a musk. One year after the war started Joseph was then old enough to join the Continental Army and …show more content…
Both the British and Americans had this strategy but once the Americans found out that it wasn’t the smartest it was too late, barely escaping himself and his army, George Washington reconsidered his strategy. He wrote a congress saying he would avoid large battles that would or might put his army at risk, instead he wanted it to be defensive and instead of defeating them right away he wanted to tire them out first. Germain who was a British leader also reconsidered that strategy as well and his new plan was to divide the rebels by taking control of New York’s Hudson River Valley. If they got control of the waterway that would allow them to cut off access in New England from the rest of the United States, because without the men and supplies from New England, the Americans would surely collapse. To finish the plan off, General John Burgoyne left Canada in June 1777 with about 8,000 British soldiers and Indian