The American Revolution

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The American Revolution Give Me Liberty or Give
Me Death By Deborah Kent

• By Krista Furlon

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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8th Interesting Fact

• On page 87 the break through finally came in
  November 1777, when Paris learned of Burgoynes
  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.