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1776 (released in the United Kingdom as 1776: America and Britain at War) [1] is a book written by David McCullough, published by Simon & Schuster on May 24, 2005. The work is a companion to McCullough's earlier biography of John Adams, and focuses on the events surrounding the start of the American Revolutionary War.
When British authorities were planning how to deal with their rebellious North American colonies in late 1775 and early 1776, they decided to send a large military expedition to occupy New York City. Two brothers, Admiral Lord Richard Howe and General William Howe, were given command of the naval and land aspects of the operation respectively ...
In 1776, an American force captured the British island of Nassau. After the French entered the Revolutionary War, several poorly defended British islands fell quickly. In December 1778, a force of veteran British troops under the command of General James Grant landed in St. Lucia, and successfully captured the high grounds of the islands. [107]
1776 : the British story of the American Revolution [catalogue of an exhibition]. London: Times Books. pp. 15– 17. ISBN 0723001472. Piecuch, Jim (2012). Cavalry of the American Revolution. Yardley, Pennsylvania: Westholme Publishing. ISBN 978-1-59416-544-3. Miskimon, Scott A. "Anthony Walton White: A Revolutionary Dragoon". In Piecuch (2012).
As a result of the American Revolution, the thirteen British colonies emerged as a newly independent nation, the United States of America, between 1776 and 1789. Fighting in the American Revolutionary War started between colonial militias and the British Army in 1775.
The British landing at Kips Bay, New York Island, September 15, 1776. Murray watched British troops pull into Kips Bay with five man-of-war ships anchoring in front of her house, [16] resulting in a total of 8,000 British and Hessian soldiers in the area. Not expecting any engagement that day, the British generals stopped at Murray's house for ...
10 January – American Revolution: Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet Common Sense "written by an Englishman" in Philadelphia arguing for independence from British rule in the Thirteen Colonies. [2] 27 February – American Revolution: at the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge, Scottish American Loyalists are defeated by North Carolina Patriots. [3]
The British Army in the American Revolution. Ganesvoort, New York: Corner House Historical Publications, 1998. Curtis, Edward E. The Organization of the British Army in the American Revolution. Cranbury, New Jersey: Scholars Bookshelf, 2005. ISBN 978-0-945726-06-7. Originally published New York: Yale University Press, 1926. [14] [2] [16]