The American Revolution

There were aot of reasons why the patriots won the war, there were lots of factors that helped them overcome and gain their independence.

Whe the war started th Patriots were outnumbered because the British had superior weapons and some of the colonists just didn´t want to fight because they want to keep some of the Empire.

The Americans were not just fighting for land they indeed fight for their right to live without oppression beacuse as the colonists prospered the British started imposing taxes on them.

The Americans were also fighting for ideals , this included freedom from corruption and rights for everyone.
The most known leaders are Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin and Alexander Hamilton.
Together with John Adamas, George Washington and Patrick Henry became known as th Founding fathers.

Another reason why the colonists won the revolution is because of the low morale in British troops, they were better trained and had more weapons than the colonists but some of them thought that it wasn´t a war worth fighting for. Low morale and lack of territorial familiarity led the Patriots win the Revolutionary war.

Most History notebooks overlook the roles of women during the American Revolution but little is covered on women´s contribution to the Independence.
Women played an important role in the American Revolution because they were fiercely active and they made gains for themselves.

In the colonial times women couldn´t do that much because the primary goals for a women were marriage and motherhood, and women were not expected to be participating in the war.

Despite their low right in society women did participate in the war.
They did alot of jobs like making the uniforms and worked at their homes as carpenters or shipbuilders while their husbands were at war.
Others transformed their houses into hospitals fro the wounded, one of the most famous helpers was Margareth Morris she did a great job in healing and herbal remedies.

On October 1774 , 51 women signed the Penelope´s Baker declaration to protest against English goods, they stopped drinking British tea and using British clothes. One difference between the Boston tea party is that every signer showed their identity by writting their original names.

A women called Synil Lundington announces the coming of the British and warned the soldiers about their arrival, this means that not only Paul Revere was the only announcing the coming of the British.

Women and men they both fought t the battlefield; women served as nurses, cooks and companions to their husbandas in the Continental Army. Their were some that fought with men at the battle.

Women like Deborah Sampson, Mary Hays best known as Molly Pitcher who did the work of her husband when he died. 

Born in Boston on July 25, 1750. Child of William and Mary Knox, he was a merchant captain.
At the age of twenty one he opened his first shop called the London Book Store. He was fascinated with everything about military but he focus on artillery.

He was a supporter of the American Rights, he became involved in the Sons of Liberty and was present for the Boston Massacre in 1770.
On June 16, 1774 he married Lucy Flucker, she was the daughter of the Royal Secretary of the Providence of Massachussets.
He voluntereed to serve the colonial forces in June 17, 1775 in the Battle of Bunker Hill , remaining in the military he served with Massachussetts forces in the Army, he soon came to the attention of the General George Washington they both developed a friendly relationship.
Washingtons´s army needed artillery so he asked Knox for help and he proposed the idea of transporting the cannons captured at the Fort of Ticonderoga in New York.

Arriving at Ticonderoga, Knox began moving 59 guns down the Lake George and the Hudson river, the 300 mile journey took Know and his men 56 days to accomplish in the cold weather.
Following the victory at Boston, Knox was sent to Rhode Island and Connectitcut to see the construction of fortifications. Knox became Washingtons chief of artilleryand he was preset during th American defeats that followed that year.

For his service he was promoted to general, traveling to Springfield he established the Springfield Armory which operated for the rest of the war , becoming this a key producer of American weapons for almost two centuries.

Marching out from winter the army followed the British, who were evacuating Philadelphia and fought the at the Battle of Monmouth on June 28,1778.
On March 8, 1785 he was appointed Secretary of war by the Continental Congress he remained in his post until 1789 that George Washington named him Secretary of war in George Washington´s first cabinet .

Knox served as secretary of war until January 2, 1795. When he quit and returned to live with his family he died on October 25, 1806 three days later after acidentally swallowing a chicken bone.