War Of Independence

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Pennsylvania 229 Years Ago.
Some years passed and England went to war against
the French and the Indians. After that war, the
British were in a big debt and needed money. They
began taxing the colonies by making different
laws. But the colonists didnt want to pay the
taxes. One day, the British went to Concord,
Massachusetts, to take ammunition that belonged
to the colonists. Paul Revere saw that the
British were going to Concord and he rode to
Concord and said the British are coming. The
colonists then formed a little army so that they
could defend themselves against the British. When
the British came, the colonists fired The shot
heard around the world and THE WAR OF
INDPENDENCE began..
The War Of Independence

But Then
The British Came!!!
By Kasper Hjortsballe
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George Washington

• . George Washington was born on February 22,
  1732. He was a soldier in the war between England
  on one side and France and the Indians on the
  other side. Many thought that George Washington
  should have been the leader in this war, but he
  wasnt. Instead, he became the leader when the
  colonists were in war with the British. This
  Revolutionary War happened because the British
  needed money, as they were in a big debt. But the
  colonists didnt think it was right to pay the
  taxes required by the British, so they made war
  against the British. The army was made up of
  simple voluntary men who wanted to fight for
  freedom. George Washington fought for eight
  years with his poorly trained army. However,
  General Washington lost more wars than he won.
  But he did not give up!!!! He assembled his
  troops and made them go through hunger and
  defeat, before he led them to victory. George
  Washington was officer from April 30, 1789 to
  March 3, 1797. He died at the age of 67.
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The Battle of Brandy Wine

• With the Battle of Brandywine on September
  11,1777, ended a long period of frustration for
  the British in North America. The British
  commander spent the first part of the summer
  campaign of 1777 in New Jersey, trying to catch
  Washington and finally wipe out the main American
  army.
• The attack began at about four oclock, and then
  hell broke out. Eighty nine men of the British
  were killed and four hundred and eighty eight
  were woundedone thousands three hundred
  Americans were killed, five hundred were wounded
  and four hundred were captured. In Philadelphia,
  Americans were defeated badly..

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Map of Brandywine
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The Battle of Germantown

• Germantown is located about five miles northwest
  of Philadelphia. The British marched unopposed
  into Philadelphia on September 26. Most citizens
  and the Continental Congress had left the city a
  week before the British came. The British kept
  three thousand men in Philadelphia and put the
  remaining in Germantown. Another three thousand
  were placed along the Delaware River to assist
  the British. George Washington was in command of
  eleven thousand men, including three thousand
  militiamen. The British force was familiar with
  the area, while the Americans were not. Seventy
  men on the British side got killed, four hundred
  wounded and fourteen missing. On the American
  side there were one hundred and fifty two killed,
  five hundred and twenty one wounded and almost
  four hundred missing. The British were impressed
  with the skills of the Americans after the defeat
  in Brandywine.

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The Winter at Valley Forge

• To see men without clothes to cover themselves
  and without any house or hut to cover them with,
  without any shoes, is a proof of patience and
  obedience which, in my opinion, cant be
  paralleled. those are the words of George
  Washington at Valley Forge, December 25, 1777.
• Of all the places the army has been, in the War
  of Independence, none gives a better picture of
  suffering, sacrificing and ultimate triumph than
  Valley Forge. No battle was fought in Valley
  Forge, but during the winter of 1777 1778,
  thousands of American soldiers died here in the
  struggle to survive against hunger, disease and
  the force of nature. Washington and his army
  marched 29 kilometers through 15 centimeters of
  snow, until they entered Valley Forge. The
  soldiers received water and bread, made out of
  flour and water. On the way, hundreds of horses
  starved to death. Long marches had destroyed the
  shoes of the soldiers. Today Valley Forge has an
  academy for males and females. The academy is
  training people to get into the military service.

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Victory at Yorktown

• Yorktown is a very small village, but it is still
  very important in America, because it was here
  that the battle of the American Revolution was
  won by George Washington, in 1781, after lord
  Cornwallis surrendered his huge army to the
  American and French allies on October 19, 1781.
  Soon the British signed the peace treaty and the
  13 colonies became the United States of America.

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Map of York Town
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1.     1.Battle of Brandywine   2
.Battle of Germantown 3.Victory at
Yorktown 4. Winter at Valley Forge
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