ATTACKS ON THE FRONTIER

 

Native people ere caught between the British and the Continental Congress during the Revolution. Indians feared a patriot triumph will lead to mass white migration into their lands, so the tribes remained loyal the Great Britain. Hoping the King would defend them. The Six Nations of the Iroquois formed a powerful confederacy that controlled a block of territory that was bounded by Lake Ontario in the north, Lake Erie in the west, the Susquehanna River in the south, and the Catskill Mountains in the east. The Iroquois had held their own during the wars between the British and French and sided with the victors in the French and Indian War. The American Revolution would prove the undoing of the Iroquois Confederacy. Divided in their loyalties, most Iroquois sided with the British. Military defeat brought ruin and Iroquois independence. Approximately 13,000 warriors fought for the British, Only a few hundred for the Rebels, and Thousands more remained neutral. Vicious fighting between whites and Indians raged along the frontiers, from New York to Georgia.

GEORGE WASHIGTON

George Washigton was the dominant military and political leader of the new United States of America from 1775 to 1799. He led the American victory over Britain in the American Revolution War as commander in chief of the Continental Congress in 1775–1783, and he presided over the writing of the Constitution in 1787. Washington was born into the provincial gentry in a wealthy, well connected family that owned tobacco plantations using slave labor. He was home schooled by his father and older brother, but both died young, and he became attached to the powerful Fairfax clan, who promoted his career as a surveyor and soldier. Strong, brave, eager for combat and a natural leader, young Washington quickly became a senior officer of the colonial forces, 1754–58, during the first stages of the French and Indian War. He forced the British out of Boston in 1776, but was defeated and nearly captured later that year when he lost New York City. After crossing the Delaware River in the dead of winter, he defeated the enemy in two battles, retook New Jersey, and restored momentum to the Patriot cause. Washigton drafted the USA constitution. He avoided war with Britain and guaranteed a decade of peace and profitable trade by securing the Jay Treaty in 1795, despite intense opposition from the Jeffersonians. On Thursday December 12, 1799, Washington spent several hours inspecting his farms on horseback, in snow, hail and freezing rain - later that evening eating his supper without changing from his wet clothes. Friday morning, he awoke with a severe sore throat and it increased as the day progressed. Sometime around 3 am that Saturday morning, he awoke his wife and said he felt ill. The illness progressed until Washington's death at home around 10pm on Saturday December 14, 1799, aged 67. His last words were "'Tis well.

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WAR BEGINS: lLEXINGTON AND CONCORD BATTLES

In 1775 the dispute between the British government and the colonists took a drastic turn after the passage of the Coercive acts. The military commander(General). Thomas Gage was a British general, best known for his many years of service in North America, including his role as military commander in the early days of the American War of Independence. John Hancock and Samuel Adams created a provincial Government Congress to govern Massachussets without Thomas Gage. They also began to stockpile fire arms and ammunations. 

On April, war erupted at lexington and Concord(these are two county towns west of Boston). gage provoked the battles by sending troops to arrest Hancock and Adams in Lexington, these troops then should got to Concord a and take the stockpile from the colonists then tip off by 3 men, Paul Revere, rode his horses to alert the colonists "the british are coming"

"The Shot Heard Around The World"

The phrase "shot around the world" comes from many historical events from 1775. The colonists had a lot of tension between them and the British government. The colonists in Boston were more affected than the ones on other colonies. In response to the Boston Tea Party, Great Britain had closed down the Boston Harbor. The result was that life in Boston had become very difficult. Due to the tension, British officials sent troops over to Boston to destroy all the stored ammunition they had. They were also sent to capture Samuel Adams and John Hancock. In Corcord, they found themselves at the center of the city encountering the town militia. The Redcoats (British) ordered them to disperse so they would not cause damages. But somebody fired, nobody really knows who, whether it was from the British side or the colonists'. This shot was ther shot that proclaimed that a war was most probably going to happen. And with this war that comes later, so do many others around the world. That's why it's called " the shot heard around the world" .

THE BOSTON TEA PARTY

The boycotts worsted the financial trouble from the British East Indian company. So to help the company and encourage the colonists to pay for the taxes. The Parliament passed a law where the companies sell directly to the colonists. sending the prices down for the tea. the colonists protested that the English wanted to trick them to pax the taxes. 

One night on December 16, 1773 the Boston patriots took matters into their own hand and they dress up as Indians and boarded 3 boats bringing British Tea, and threw them tea into the harbor, so no one could get or steal tea from the British..