Abigail also invested in several speculative schemes and sold imported goods.45
common people had to rely on speculative schemes that might not be in the right just to survive.
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Abigail Adams addressed the difficulties she encountered while “minding family affairs” on their farm in Braintree, Massachusetts.
War didn't just effect the militaries but rather the common people as well.
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over 2,500 Americans died from disease and exposure
Death not even by the British.
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The war in the South was truly a civil war
Civil war before the actual civil war?
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Washington realized after New York that the largely untrained Continental Army could not win head-on battles with the professional British army. So he developed his own logic of warfare that involved smaller, more frequent skirmishes and avoided major engagements that would risk his entire army. As long as he kept the army intact, the war would continue, no matter how many cities the British captured.
Good leader ship by Washington realizing that his men aren't trained in the same ways the Red Coats are. He realized that his men were basically marksmen who can hit farther and harder shots. He used this knowledge to use a different strategy.
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Howe abandoned the plan without telling Burgoyne and instead sailed to Philadelphia to capture the new nation’s capital
Unlike the British army since they were so orderly and proper.
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New York contained many loyalists
Loyalists- colonists still loyal to the British crown.
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German mercenaries known as Hessians
Was in the last reading. They hired thousands on thousands of these mercenaries.
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The largest expeditionary force in British history
Must of been fairly big if it was bigger than the expeditions to the Americas.
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Because many Americans wore ordinary clothing, it was difficult for the British to distinguish rebels and loyalists.
Similar to other wars of today in Iraq
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they encountered strong resistance from frontier fighters using guerrilla tactics.
Irregular fast moving actions against a military usually in smaller groups.
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The character of the war was totally transformed as France (in 1778), Spain (in 1779), and the Netherlands (in 1780) entered the war on the American side.
one of the turning points in the war
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The Battle of Saratoga was a crucial military turning point. The American victory over General Burgoyne's army convinced the French to publicly support the patriot cause.
allowed for the blue coats to get an upper hand in the war and bring in extra help
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Hessians
German troops hired by the British to fight in the war.
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where 47 percent of the British redcoats were killed or wounded.
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But on Christmas Eve, Washington's troops crossed the Delaware River from Pennsylvania into New Jersey, and defeated the British forces at Trenton and Princeton, and restored a sense of optimism.
*Turning point
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perhaps in the hope that if we don't teach about war, it will go away.
Thought this was a little weird because when I think of history I think a lot about the world wars and stuff so the thought of not teaching about war seems odd.
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