Washington Crossing the Delaware River

This picture yoy see above is a painting of George washington crossing the Delaware river. This scene shows fear in some men and determination in another because they were going to go to a big battle, but what they didnt know was that the german soldiers were having some fun drinking. The Americans surprised them after the Cristmas night. This is the start of strategies for war.

The Olive Branch Petition

John Dickinson drafted the Olive Branch Petition, which was adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 5 and submitted to King George on July 8, 1775. It was an attempt to assert the rights of the colonists while maintaining their loyalty to the British crown. King George refused to read the petition and on August 23 proclaimed that the colonists had "proceeded to open and avowed rebellion.

Loyalists

Loyalists were British North American colonists who remained loyal subjects of the British crown during the American Revolutionary War. They were also called Tories or "King's Men". Those Loyalists settling in what would become Canada are often called United Empire Loyalists. Their colonial opponents, who supported the Revolution, were called Patriots, Whigs, or just Americans. From an American perspective, the Loyalists were traitors who turned against their fellow colonists and collaborated with an oppressive British government, from a Canadian and British perspective, the Loyalists were the honourable ones who stood by the Empire and the Crown, while the American rebels were the traitors.

Historians estimate that about 15-20% of the adult white male population of the thirteen colonies were Loyalists. An often cited statement by John Adams, in which he seemed to suggest that about one-third of the people were Loyalists, was taken out of context and did not refer to the sentiments of the colonists.

The Colonial Soldiers

The colonial soldiers werent as present day soldiers. Soldiers in England were beggars, farmers, low laborers. and even some thieves who were trying to avoid going to jail. They were well paid in the british colonies. On the other side we have colonial soldiers, the militia. They were wealthy people, people that didnt need to be in the army but they participated because they fought for one reason, liberty. The colonial soldiers fought as indians hiding and shooting from behind trees while the soldiers of England were in a row shooting, a very traditional, but with little efectiveness.

Paul Revere

Paul Revere (bap. January 1, 1735 [O.S. December 22, 1734] – May 10, 1818) was an American silversmith and a patriot in the American Revolution.

He was celebrated after his death for his role as a messenger in the battles of Lexington and Concord, and Revere's name and his "midnight ride" are well-known in the United States as a patriotic symbol. In his lifetime, Revere was a prosperous and prominent Boston craftsman, who helped organize an intelligence and alarm system to keep watch on the British military.

Revere later served as an officer in the Penobscot Expedition, one of the most disastrous campaigns of the American Revolutionary War, a role for which he was later exonerated. After the war, he was early to recognize the potential for large-scale manufacturing of metal.