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Bootie

11-06-2009, 11:19

The American Revolution refers to the political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which the Thirteen Colonies of North America overthrew the governance of the British Empire and then rejected the British monarchy to become the sovereign United States of America.

In this period the colonies first rejected the authority of the Parliament of Great Britain to govern them without representation, and formed self-governing independent states. These states then joined against the British to defend that self-governance in the armed conflict from 1775 to 1783 known as the American Revolutionary War (also: American War of Independence).

This resulted in the independent states uniting to form one nation, breaking away from the empire in 1776 with the Declaration of Independence, rejecting not only the governance of Parliament, but also now the legitimacy of the monarchy to demand allegiance. After seven years of war came effective American victory on the battlefield in October 1781, with British recognition of the United States' independence and sovereignty in 1783.

Bootie

11-07-2009, 15:41

Bunker Hill
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Bootie

11-07-2009, 15:42

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Bootie

11-07-2009, 15:42

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Bootie

11-07-2009, 15:42

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Bootie

11-07-2009, 15:42

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Bootie

11-07-2009, 15:42

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Bootie

11-07-2009, 15:43

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PoorOldSpike

05-16-2010, 07:02

Grenade-launchers were used as early as the 1700's consisting of a brass cup attached to the muzzle of a flintlock carbine. These carbines had a special extra thick barrel capable of withstanding the pressure. The grenade would be placed in the cup and the force of the charge when fired would throw it a couple of hundred yards.
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Here's one type in the film 'Last of the Mohicans'-
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PoorOldSpike

05-18-2010, 09:07

Colonial fort
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PoorOldSpike

07-12-2010, 00:39

Louis

12-14-2010, 01:47

Uniforms of the American War of Independence 1775/83

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Above: Uniforms of Regiments from Britain

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Above: Uniforms of American Units

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Above: German Units that served in Nth America

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Above: Units from France that served in Nth America

ACSpectre

02-22-2011, 05:53

Shays Rebellion

This monument marks the site of the last battle in Shays Rebellion. It is about 10 miles from my home, just over the state line in Massachusetts.

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Louis

10-24-2011, 02:41

Surrender of General Burgoyne
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Battle of Saratoga was on September 19 to October 7, 1777. The fight decided the fate of British General John Burgoyne's army in the American Revolutionary War and are generally know for a turning point in the war. The battles were fought eighteen days apart on the same ground. Burgoyne purpose was to divide New England from the southern colonies and it was going out well in the beginning, won a small victory over General Horatio Gates and the Continental Army in the September 19 Battle of Freeman's Farm. What he has gained from that fight he lost it when he attacked the Americans in the October 7 Battle of Bemis Heights, the Americans captured some of the British defenses.

Burgoyne was forced to retreat by this, and his army was surrounded by the American army at Saratoga, forcing him to surrender on October 17. When the news of Burgoyne's surrender went out it helped the Americans because the French joined in as their allies, the American army had now more supplies, guns and weapons and this helped them greatly.

Louis

12-30-2011, 10:41

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In June 1777 General John Burgoyne set forth on an expedition from Canada with the aim of cutting the rebellious colonies in twain by seizing the Hudson River line. With his main force he advanced toward Albany via Ticonderoga while a smaller force under Colonel Barry St. Leger moved down Lake Ontario and through the Mohawk Valley. Burgoyne's plans were not coordinated with those of Sir William Howe, the British Commander in New York, who decided to move against Philadelphia instead of attacking north along the Hudson.

Initially successful, Burgoyne suffered a crippling blow when General John Stark destroyed a detachment from his force at Bennington. Meanwhile St. Leger was forced to abandon the siege of Fort Stanwix, guarding the Mohawk Valley, and retreated to Canada. Then on 19 September Burgoyne himself suffered a repulse with heavy losses when he attempted to advance on the positions manned by the main American Army under General Horatio Gates.

Three weeks later, on 7 October 1777, Burgoyne sent out an advance force and Gates moved up Colonel Daniel Morgan's riflemen and other units to meet it. In the ensuing battle (usually known as Bemis Heights) Morgan's men, well adapted to the wooded terrain, took a fearful toll of British lives with their Kentucky rifles. One of the casualties was the fearless British General Simon Fraser. According to tradition Morgan, spotting the general, ordered one of his men, Tim Murphy, up a tree, saying that although he admired the Englishman, "it is necessary he should die, do your duty." Murphy's third shot inflicted a mortal wound.

Soon after Fraser's fall, Burgoyne withdrew and several days later, on 17 October, surrendered his army near Saratoga. The capitulation was a turning point of the war for it induced the French to sign a military alliance with the infant American Republic in February 1778. (history.mil)