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alexy velasco

Valley Forge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 3 views

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  • With winter almost completely setting in, and the prospects for campaigning greatly diminishing, General George Washington sought quarters for his men. Washington and his troops had just fought what was to be the last major engagement of 1777 at the Battle of White Marsh (or Edge Hill). He devised to pull his troops from their present encampment in the White Marsh area (now Fort Washington State Park) and move to a more secure location for the coming winter. Though several locations were proposed, he selected Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 18 miles (29 km) northwest of Philadelphia.
  • On December 19, 1777, when Washington's poorly fed, ill-equipped army, weary from long marches, struggled into Valley Forge, winds blew as the 12,000 Continentals prepared for winter's fury. Grounds for brigade encampments were selected, and defense lines were planned and begun. Though construction of more than a thousand huts provided shelter, it did little to offset the critical shortages that continually plagued the army.
  • Soon word of the British departure from Philadelphia brought a frenzied activity to the ranks of the Continental Army. On June 19, 1778, six months after its arrival, the army marched away from Valley Forge in pursuit of the British, who were moving toward New York. The ordeal had ended. The war would last for another five years, but for Washington, his men, and the nation to which they sought to give birth, a decisive victory had been won — a victory not of weapons but of will
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  • Valley Forge in Pennsylvania was the site of the camp of the American Continental Army over the winter of 1777–1778 in the American Revolutionary War.
    • Cristian Colon
      Cristian Colon on 19 Apr 10
       
      this is where Washington and his men stood for the winter
    • Janaisha Torres
      Janaisha Torres on 20 Apr 10
       
      Washington and his men stood there for the winter. They built their own houses.
    • Joel Garcia
      Joel Garcia on 20 Apr 10
       
      ithink 2nd worst winter in american history
    • alexy velasco
      alexy velasco on 21 Apr 10
       
      This was where G.W. stayed with his men during the first worst winter. Most of his men either got Hypothermia or Frostbite. When they would get frostbite they had to go the hospital to get whatever had frostbite cut off. Most of the men wouldn't survive.
  • National Memorial Arch inscription: Naked and starving as they are We cannot enough admire The incomparable Patience and Fidelity of the Soldiery             –George Washington
    • Cristian Colon
      Cristian Colon on 19 Apr 10
       
      Washingtons quote
  • It proved to be an excellent choice. Named for an iron forge on Valley Creek, the area was close enough to the British to keep their raiding and foraging parties out of the interior of Pennsylvania, yet far enough away to halt the threat of British surprise attacks.
    • Kevin Rodriguez
      Kevin Rodriguez on 21 Apr 10
       
      This is now a park. This place was a suprise attack place.
  • The men described their lodgings as "cozy and comfortable quarters"
    • alexy velasco
      alexy velasco on 21 Apr 10
       
      In the movie it said that the lodges were very cold (they only had a small fire) and uncomfortable. They were said to be so cold a lot of men would get frostbite.
  • Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben
    • alexy velasco
      alexy velasco on 21 Apr 10
       
      This was the guy who trained the militia that were with G.W. It was his job to disipline them so that they would be ready to fight the British.
  • vianca lopez on 20 Apr 10
     
    this is the place where washington and his army spent the coldest winter of that time
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Mohawk nation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • Mohawk (Kanienkeh, Kanienkehaka Kanien’Kahake, or Kahnawake (meaning "People of the Flint") are an Iroquoian-speaking indigenous people of North America originally from the Mohawk Valley in upstate New York.
    • 3ddi3 3d :1 Yea!!! S0n
      3ddi3 3d :1 Yea!!! S0n on 12 Mar 10
       
      They were the first indians to make contact with the Engish settelers
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Crazy Horse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • On June 17, 1876, Crazy Horse led a combined group of approximately 1,500 Lakota and Cheyenne in a surprise attack against brevetted Brigadier General George Crook's force of 1,000 cavalry and infantry, and allied 300 Crow and Shoshone warriors in the Battle of the Rosebud. The battle, although not substantial in terms of human losses, delayed Crook's joining with the 7th Cavalry under George A. Custer. It contributed to Custer’s subsequent defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
    • Cesar Monterroso
      Cesar Monterroso on 12 Mar 10
       
      This is the famous battle when Crazy Horse leads General Crook into valleys. Only to become in a surprise attack. All scalped, eyes cut out, (no offense) penises cut off. This is when the Crazy Horse made his mark. 
anonymous

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william fairfax

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  • Prominent citizens of the colony, including George Washington, a neighbor and a close friend, visited frequently, and Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron, the first member of the British nobility to reside in the colonies, lived at Belvoir before he moved to the Shenandoah Valley. Despite the grandeur of their surroundings and the refinement of their furnishings, planters like the Masons, McCartys, Washingtons, and Fairfaxes did not lead indolent lives. Conscious of their civic duty, they were the political, social, economic, and religious leaders of their immediate neighborhood and of the colony at large.
  • Cesar Monterroso on 11 Mar 10
     
    The cousin of George Washington
  • Carolin Tavarez-Cepeda on 11 Mar 10
     
    he was a very wealthy man . and married ann fairfax.
Malik Rodgers

George Washington | The White House - 1 views

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  • On April 30, 1789, George Washington, standing on the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York, took his oath of office as the first President of the United States.
    • Malik Rodgers
      Malik Rodgers on 22 Apr 10
       
      George washington information
  • arianna baldwin on 10 Mar 10
     
    info on george washigton
  • Eric Diaz on 10 Mar 10
     
    My notes about the pilgrims and George washington.... Social studies Pilgrims 1 Holand is under sea level so they build big walls so the water doesn't get in the town. 1608 the pilgrims went to amsterdam. Dutch were all rich. And wanted to have big bank accounts. Edwin helped brewster in the printing. Papist is an chathlic. Jamestown is were the pilgrims are going. A pound a month for each pilgrim which equal 1.78 dollars in our money. William is the one that is going on the ship to the Americas. The Dutch made the pilgrims an offer . Pilgrims are getting ready to go to the Americas. 1619 august court of king james1 England. Spain is is going to attak the Dutch and england. The ship the pilgrims left on was the speedwhale. Salt mest thongs like meat last longer. The mayflower put it sails down so they won't fly away. The storm cracked the main Beem. of the ship. They use a piece of eqipment to hold the beam in place. Child born in the mayflower in the middle of the ocean. 1620 November the pilgrims arrive to the Americas. 9 weeks to get the Americas. Mayflower compact. Www.esldesk.com/vocabulary/100-words-to-know Two Indian tribes nauset and Wampanoag. Wampanoag there made up of 67 different tribes and nauset is one of them. Confederacy means a group of people or countries that work together for some porpuse. 1620 November 16 cape cod Pilgrims stole the corn and food for the harvest of the Indians and ate them. They also took the valuble things from the dead bodies they found on the ground. 1620 December 5 Princeton harbor. The pilgrims didn't celebrate Christmas or birthday or Easter at all. 1621 January 5 th there building there homes. 50 pilgrims survived in the whole trip. November 1 death December 6 death January 8 death Febuary 17 death March 13 death Scurvy a deaseas the pilgrims get. Pokanoket ( rhode island ) Massoit is the chief of the Indians. The pilgrims and the Indians are going to make a tredy. The first me
alize mcghee

George William Fairfax - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 1 views

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  • good friend of George Washington
    • Steven Pierna
      Steven Pierna on 11 Mar 10
       
      He was washingtons good friend. He treated him like if he was his borther also, he would gives him money clothing and privlages.
    • Lucas Petricorena
      Lucas Petricorena on 21 Apr 10
       
      they were like brothers, they spent all there tim together
    • alize mcghee
      alize mcghee on 21 Apr 10
       
      was the husand o f his sercret lover ( sally )
  • jonathan serrano on 21 Apr 10
     
    He came to Virginia as a child, and was a contemporary and companion of George Washington. He inherited Belvoir after the death of his father. Lord Fairfax later moved to the Shenandoah Valley in 1752, fixing his residence at Greenway Court near White Post in Clarke County, at the suggestion of Thomas Bryan Martin.
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Monongahela River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • The Monongahela Valley was the site of a famous, if small, battle that was one of the first in the French and Indian War (Braddock Expedition). It resulted in a sharp defeat for British and Colonial forces against those of the French and their Native American allies.
Cesar Monterroso

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Washington on trip Ohio Valley

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  • As a surname, "Goodspeed" derives from "Godspeed", which in turn comes from the expression "God speed (you)", a wish for success and fortune for one setting out on an enterprise.
    • Cesar Monterroso
      Cesar Monterroso on 15 Mar 10
       
      This type of surname used during the trips. Another way of saying this is to hope the trip is safe.
  • Cesar Monterroso on 15 Mar 10
     
    This was a term used during the Indian War.
Jason Diaz

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    • Samuel Melendez
      Samuel Melendez on 13 Apr 10
       
      Horatio Gates was once a british sholdier who then became a professional
    • Janaisha Torres
      Janaisha Torres on 20 Apr 10
       
      He was a Soldier under Washington
    • Joel Garcia
      Joel Garcia on 20 Apr 10
       
      he was jealous of washington and would treat him bad and in one battle he won and bragged but the next instead of staying when losing he left and never came back
    • Korey Knight
      Korey Knight on 21 Apr 10
       
      Gates did not like Washington at all. He despised him. He wanted to Command the Continetal Army. He got the a major victory for America he rubbed it in Washingtons face.
    • Clarissa Caraballo
      Clarissa Caraballo on 23 Apr 10
       
      a man who is volunteer to be a general in the american army .
  • Horatio Lloyd Gates
    • Chyna Penas
      Chyna Penas on 13 Apr 10
       
      He took credit for the American victory at the Battle of Saratoga (Benedict Arnold, who led the attack, was finally forced from the field when he was shot in the leg)[1] and was blamed for the defeat at the Battle of Camden.
    • alexy velasco
      alexy velasco on 21 Apr 10
       
      He was the general who had won the Battle of Saratoga. He also hated G.W. in the beggining because like Lee he wanted to be the commander of the Continental army. But unlike Lee, Gates became friends with G.W. Gates looked down on G.W. and thought he was superior to him. But in the end G.W. earned his respect.
    • Jason Diaz
      Jason Diaz on 26 Apr 10
       
      he was a british soldier but then turned to an american general during the revolutionary war. He had credit for the amercian victory at the battle of saratoga.
  • was a British soldier turned American
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  • general during the Revolutionary War.
  • He took credit for the American victory at the Battle of Saratoga (Benedict Arnold, who led the attack, was finally forced from the field when he was shot in the leg)[1] and was blamed for the defeat at the Battle of Camden.
  • Gates was born in Maldon, Essex, England the son of the housekeeper of the Duke of Bolton's mistress. He was a godson of Horace Walpole[2] He received a lieutenant's commission in the British Army in 1745. He served with the 20th Foot in Germany during the War of the Austrian Succession, and later was promoted to captain in the 45th Foot in 1750. He sold his commission in 1754 and purchased a captaincy in the New York provincial troops.
    • Kevin Rodriguez
      Kevin Rodriguez on 19 Apr 10
       
      Gates received a Lieutenants Commission for the British Army in 1745. He was the 20th ft, in Germany
    • Carolin Tavarez-Cepeda
      Carolin Tavarez-Cepeda on 24 Apr 10
       
      and was a major general .
  • When the word of the revolution reached Gates in late May 1775, he rushed to Mount Vernon and offered his services to George Washington. In June, the Congress began organizing the Continental Army. In accepting command, Washington urged the appointment of Gates as adjutant of the army. On June 17, 1775, Congress commissioned Gates as a Brigadier General and Adjutant General of the Continental Army. He is considered the first Adjutant General of the American Army.
  • jonathan serrano on 13 Apr 10
     
    Gates was born in Maldon, Essex, England the son of the housekeeper of the Duke of Bolton's mistress. He was a godson of Horace Walpole He received a lieutenant's commission in the British Army in 1745.
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  • jonathan serrano on 13 Apr 10
     
    Gates' results in command were much less satisfactory than his term as adjutant. He never got to command the Canadian Department, since the American Invasion of Canada had been abandoned before his arrival. He wound up as an assistant to General Schuyler in the Northern Department.
  • jonathan serrano on 13 Apr 10
     
    Gates' wife Elizabeth died in the summer of 1783. Gates retired in 1784 and again returned to Virginia. Gates served as vice president of the National Order of the Cincinnati (the organization of former Continental Army officers) and president of its Virginia chapter, and worked to rebuild his life.
  • Cristian Colon on 20 Apr 10
     
    When the word of the revolution reached Gates in late May 1775, he rushed to Mount Vernon and offered his services to George Washington. In June, the Congress began organizing the Continental Army. In accepting command, Washington urged the appointment of Gates as adjutant of the army. On June 17, 1775, Congress commissioned Gates as a Brigadier General and Adjutant General of the Continental Army. He is considered the first Adjutant General of the American Army.
  • jonathan serrano on 21 Apr 10
     
    During the French and Indian War, Gates served General Edward Braddock in America. In 1755 he accompanied the ill-fated Braddock Expedition in its attempt to control access to the Ohio Valley. This force included other future Revolutionary War leaders such as Thomas Gage, Charles Lee, Daniel Morgan, and George Washington.
  • Matthew Dumbrique on 22 Apr 10
     
    Horatio Gates was discrased. He abandoned his men on his horse and ran away so fast his men could not catch up to him. Washington would never do that. Horatio Gates is nothing as a general compared to Washington.
  • Carolin Tavarez-Cepeda on 24 Apr 10
     
    he was a volunteer in the american army
Janelly Rodriguez

Saratoga campaign - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • The Saratoga campaign was an attempt by Great Britain to gain military control of the strategically important Hudson River valley in 1777 during the American Revolutionary War.
Hernan Perez

Horatio Gates - 3 views

horatio Gates is a man who volunteered to be a general for the American army

History American wikipedia Gates

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Rajahnae Clark

Charles Lee - 5 views

Charles Lee is leading wrong.

Charles Lee Indian War American History

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