yellow dress. Betsy Ross was a Fighting Quaker that supposedly helped design and make the official American flag. Quakers were a religious group also known as “Religious Society of Friends” or “Friends Church”. Betsy returned to the Quakers after her first husband died, but she joined the Fighting Quakers, also known as “The Free Quakers”. Quakers were normally pacifists that were forbidden in owning guns, but the Fighting Quakers were the Quakers that supported the war. These Free Quakers were shunned
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Washington was born on February 22, 1732. He became our first president on April 30, 1789. He's also known for leading the Battle of Yorktown, staying neutral in the French and British war, and passing the Bill of Rights. George married Martha Curtis and became a step-father to her two children, John "Jacky" Curtis and Marth "Patsy" Curtis. Both of which unfortunately died before George's presidency. He also became a general for the Continental Army, which was fighting the British troops in the Revolutionary
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Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence In the Declaration of Independence, written by Thomas Jefferson, the Declaration of Independence was signed by 56 delegates while John Hancock signed the largest. It’s so hard to believe that only 56 men signed the papers that declared America’s independence from Great Britain. In the Declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson wrote this letter as a complaint to the king of Great Britain to inform him that they were declaring themselves as
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Plantation: Townshend Acts: 2 of 4 7/31/14 1:40 PM http://acecontent.apexlearning.com/Live/online/us_hist_to_civ... C. In 1776, the Declaration of Independence was written, mostly by Thomas Jefferson, a member of the Second Continental Congress. Use a few words or a sentence to answer the following questions. (16 points) Who wrote the Declaration of Independence and what was its purpose? What was a "Patriot" in 1776, and who were some of the signers of the Declaration? What
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world”.It happened on April 22,1775. “The shot heard round the world” is the first shot of the revolutionary war. The British and the Colonists were in Lexington and that was the first battle. The passage that we read said, “The officer swung his sword, and said, ‘Lay down your arms, you damned, rebels, or you all are dead men. Fire!’ ” The passage also said that some guns were fired from the British at us from the first platoon, but no person was killed or hurt, being probably charged only powder
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“Come, my little girl, drink a glass of wine with me for the last time, for I am going to the hill tomorrow and I shall never come off”, quoted by a soldier going into battle at The Battle of Bunker Hill. The British won the Battle of Bunker Hill. What do you know about the Battle of Bunker Hill? Have you heard about it? This battle is important to the Revolutionary war because of its causes, leaders, and effects. The battle of bunker hill was an extension of the battles of lexington and concord
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Thomas jefferson wrote the Declaration Of Independence .the people of the us are the speakers. The occasion is when the colonist of north america are about to protest against the king of britain. The king of britain limited their rights. This document is clearly written towards the king of Britain. The most obvious purpose is , to give the us independence from britain. The subject is declaring the crimes that great britain committed. Also the fact that the americans want their freedom. The tone is
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12-6-16 Teacher: Mr.Hill Luke Holmberg Core: 1 George Washington was important to U.S history because he was the first President of the United States. Before that he was the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He was born on February 22, 1732. He was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia,VA his parents were Mary Ball Washington and Augustine Washington. George Washington was associated two times in Germantown's contribution
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perspective, this attack has little significance; still, it gave hope to colonists of the time who doubted the capability of the Continental army. In 1851, this moment in history was painted by Emanuel Leutze. 85 years later, 1936, David Shulman wrote the poem “Washington Crossing the Delaware.” Both are great representations of Washington and the Continental army crossing the Delaware River fighting for his colonies. Although Emanuel Leutze’s painting and David Shulman’s poem “Washing
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Friedrich von Steuben had been a captain in the Prussian Army but lied to Ben Franklin that he had been a general in the Prussia Army and was hired anyway by Franklin to teach Continental Soldiers how to fight properly. In his manual was a chapter for drummers and it listed all of the duty calls and signals they needed to know. Duty calls and signals were the drum beats used by the drummers to signal the soldiers and communicate
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