HIST 2055 Chapter : 3 American Revolution 1
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It was an attempt to destroy the colonies" economy: they send 28,000 british troops and 20,000 german mercenaries called. Hessians to fight the colonist: the colonist desperately try to unite the 13 colonies together, and after the first. Inheriting a title and the leadership role doesn"t ensure a good ruler, so he advocates that the people rule: this pamphlet was extremely popular especially among colonists, paine provides the language that the colonists use to justify the. Revolution: this made the colonists turn on the king rather than only hating. Republicanism to sustain them: turning points (3, trenton and princeton (december 26, 1776 and january 3, 1777, washington leads two risky assaults on hessian troops, at trenton, he crosses the frozen delaware river on christmas. The meaning of liberty and independence: slavery and the revolutionary paradox , five thousand freed blacks fought for the continental army during the.
