200 Years: A Bicentennial Illustrated History of the United States, Volume 1Books by U.S. News & World Report, 1973 - United States |
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... army was mustered , an army that would cost some £ 300,000 annually and that would ultimately prove to be a major cause of the American Revolution . The king retained General Jeffery Amherst , who had been commander in chief of all ...
... army was mustered , an army that would cost some £ 300,000 annually and that would ultimately prove to be a major cause of the American Revolution . The king retained General Jeffery Amherst , who had been commander in chief of all ...
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... army up the Schuylkill River to Valley Forge . He later reported that his shoeless men's " marches might be traced by the blood from their feet . ” On that bleak but defensible plateau of Valley Forge some twenty miles northwest of ...
... army up the Schuylkill River to Valley Forge . He later reported that his shoeless men's " marches might be traced by the blood from their feet . ” On that bleak but defensible plateau of Valley Forge some twenty miles northwest of ...
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... Army was rapidly shrinking as bone - thin , weary men reached the end of their endurance and refused to reenlist . The Comte de Rochambeau , commander of the French army that had been sent to America in 1780 , described the growing ...
... Army was rapidly shrinking as bone - thin , weary men reached the end of their endurance and refused to reenlist . The Comte de Rochambeau , commander of the French army that had been sent to America in 1780 , described the growing ...
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