The American Revolution “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death”

By Deborah KentBy Krista Furlon

Summary

The book the American Revolution talks about the American Revolution. It took place within the years of 1775-1787. The Revolution lasted for about 10 years. The book was about all the events that happened during the American Revolution. Most of the events are about freedom and money.

1st Interesting Fact

• On page 27 it talks about on the night of March 5,1775 a young man went way to far by insulting a officer. Over a year and a half people would come out of places drunk and noisy. After that men and boys started to throw snowballs and chunks of ice. After a church bell sounded many more men and boys came out into the. Some with buckets full of water and some with muskets.

2nd Interesting Fact

• On page 33 it talks about on t he night of December 16,1775. A lot of colonists disguised their self as Indians and threw 342 chests of tea overboard into the Boston Harbor. To protect against British in port duties.

3rd Interesting Fact

• On page 34 it talks about that one law closed the port of Boston to all trade. New laws went into effect on June 1,1774. Boston observed the occasion with a day of fasting and prayers. British warships blocked Boston Harbor, and troops poured into the city.

4th Interesting Fact

• On page 44 in the spring of 1775 the Continental Congress met once more in Philadelphia. First order of business was the creation of an army to fight for the American cause. Also, John Hancock who avoided getting captured in Lexington, served as a president of the Continental Congress.

5th Interesting Fact• On page 45, it talks about on July 2,

General Washington took charge of the American forces in the Cambridge across the Charles river in Boston. He found 14,000 men who mostly knew nothing about discipline.

6th Interesting Fact

• On page 75 in September 1776 Washington's men withdrew to the northern end of Manhattan and beat the British in a series of skirmishes. And in October General George Washington and General William Howe clashed again at White Plains, New York, Washington was forced to retreat.

7th Interesting Fact

• On page 83 at Saratoga. Burgoyne's forces found themselves surrounded by 17,00 American soldiers. Finally on October 17, Gates and Burgoyne signed a truce, and the British lay down their arms.

8th Interesting Fact

• On page 87 the break through finally came in November 1777, when Paris learned of Burgoyne’s defeat at Saratoga. The whole northern branch of the British army had been captured. Seven Generals, 300 Officers, and more than 5,00 men. If you want to learn more interesting facts then you can read the book.