American Revolution - Washington, Battles, Independence: On July 3 George Washington assumed command of the American forces at Cambridge. The Battles of Trenton and Princeton occurred over a span of nine days (December 26, 1776–January 3, 1777); the vic
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Patriots of Color at the Battle of Bunker Hill in the American Revolution. We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. —...
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William Howe was the commander in chief of the British army in North America (1776–78) who, despite several military successes, failed to destroy the Continental Army and stem the American Revolution. Brother of Adm. Richard Lord Howe, William Howe had
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Emeritus Professor of History, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut. Author ofAppeal to Arms: A Military History of the American Revolution. Willard M. Wallace Fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have exten...
Frederick North, Lord North was the prime minister from 1770 to 1782, whose vacillating leadership contributed to the loss of Great Britain’s American colonies in the American Revolution (1775–83). The son of a Tory nobleman, the 1st earl of Guilford,