Thesaurus Encyclopedia Wikipedia American pit bull terrier n. A dog of a medium-sized to large breed developed in the United States from the Staffordshire bull terrier. Originally bred for fighting, it has a muscular body, broad head with powerful jaws, short coat, and black, blue, or red ...
Death Toll: 1,000,000 In 1908 Manuel Arellano Remondo, in General Geography of the Philippine Islands, wrote: “The population decreased due to the wars, in the five-year period from 1895 to 1900, since, at the start of the first insurrection, the popula
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In The Toll of Independence: Engagements & Battle Casualties of the American Revolution (1974), Howard H. Peckham provided the striking estimate that during the Revolutionary War, the British killed about 6,800 American soldiers—fewer than died in three days at Gettysburg. Other recent estimates ...
Valley Forge National Historic Parkwas just one of eight Revolutionary War Winter Encampments. This was the third, from December to June 1777-1778, there were no battles fought on these 3,500 acres, and it wasn’t even the worst winter of the war-torn years. So why make such a big dea...
(军工集团和美军势力赚的盆满钵满) Throughout the eight years of the Bush administration, the United States had more than 100 000 troops fighting in the two countries with a death toll of more than 7 000 and a cost of trillions of dollars. 2007年,一场金融危机首先在美国爆发,然后蔓延到全...
The New Cold Harbor Tavern is estimated to have been built prior to the Revolutionary War, and belonged to the Burnett family at the time of the Civil War. In addition to managing the building, they also farmed the surrounding 150 acres. In late May 1862, Union Gener...
Nathan Hale was an American Revolutionary officer who attempted to spy on the British and was hanged. He attended Yale University, where he graduated in 1773, and became a schoolteacher, first in East Haddam and then in New London. He joined a Connecticu
Once the revolutionary war was lost, some in Britain argued that it had been unwinnable. For generals and admirals who were defending their reputations, and for patriots who found it painful to acknowledge defeat, the concept of foreordained failure was alluring. Nothing could have been done, or...