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If the revolution had happened just before the French and Indian
War then the Americans would have been wrong to separate themselves
from Britain. Up until the French and Indian War, England had been
revolted out of greed and land it would have been a different story.
The fact is that after the French and Indian War, England found
themselves them in huge debt and needed to find a way to pay for it.
England believed that the taxes on the American colonies were just
because it was because of the colonies that the debt had amounted
anyway. Logically this makes sense but the colonists saw it as taxation
pushed the Americans to the breaking point and the Americans had no
from that tyranny for ourselves and for our future generations.
monarchy the American colonies knew just how many flaws there
were. First, hereditary rule was never a good thing because the
monarchy is child rulers and that almost always leads down a bad
road. The problems with monarchy that the colonies had the most
trouble was that the king had no power check and when he saw the
stop him from starting a war, another one of the set backs to monarchy
Europe, America could become more powerful and max out profits.
The colonists would also be able to expand the continent and use the
Also America would no longer have the same enemies that England has
unwanted. England was quickly becoming a tyrant and that left the
the world to win their freedom and the freedom of all future
generations.
and some were just made out of pride and foolishness. A few of these
mistakes were catastrophic and some meant very little but the fact of
the matter is that the British could have very likely won the
Revolutionary war by making less mistakes and forgetting about their
pride.
Bunker Hill. If this battle had played out differently the Revolution
would have been crushed almost before it even began. And were it not
for the pride and over-confidence of the British the British would have
Hill, changed the course of the American Revolution. This battle was
the first large-scale engagement and also one of the bloodiest battles
The next day when the British discovered this fortification they
became infuriated. Some of the British Navy opened fire upon the hill.
But these ships made only noise and did minimal to no damage.
reinforcements. The stage was now set for one of the bloodiest battles
surrounding them but they wanted to prove that they were the greatest
it. They had no reason to stop and think twice from their past
When it was obvious the battle was going to begin the soldiers
and officers were extremely nervous on the American side. They had
to hold their fire and to make sure that they made every shot count.
tended to aim high downhill. The soldiers were told,” Don’t one of you
fire until you see the whites of their eyes.” This was to make sure that
column was completely blown away and the next two emerged and met
the same fate. The British tried to stand their ground but were
devastated and rolled back downhill. The British wasted no time and
prepared for a second attack within fifteen minutes. The second strike
met the same fate as the first. The rebels held their fire until the last
moment and then completely decimated the British lines. The British
determined to do it the right this time. The biggest problem was that
American soldiers did not have full charges so the percussion was not
as great as it had been in the earlier assaults. The third attack started
off similar to the first two. The British advanced very close to the
American defense until the patriots opened fire. The British sustained
heavy losses again but they were determined to break through. Finally
the British did break through and the rebels knew that they were
This near defeat shocked the British and lead to a key part in the
Revolution. This was kind of a wake up call for the British and made
Another small stupid mistake that the British was that the
cannons they brought for the Battle of Bunker Hill used different size
ammunition than the kind they brought. This was a mistake that had
little to almost no affect on the war but it just shows how unprepared
and unworried the British were about the Americans before the Battle
of Bunker Hill and how much their thoughts changed after the battle.
going for a head on frontal assault, they might have decimated much
of the Continental army and put down the Revolution right then and
there. But the British were too cocky and arrogant and decided to show
their military might and wipe the Americans of the face of the earth.
New York by using the Fabian strategy. This is the strategy which uses
hit and run tactics kind of like guerilla warfare. George Washington
was trying to do this to penetrate the city of New York but by this time
the British knew of his strategy and knew how to use it against him.
Eventually the British pushed him back so far that his back was to the
water and the British Navy flanking him from the back. The British
could have easily charged in and wiped out George Washington’s army
but because of what happened at the Battle of Bunker Hill they were a
little hesitant. They decided not to storm the Americans and lose
unnecessary lives.
Now the weather was bad this time of year and it had been
raining a cold rain for the past few days. George Washington’s troops
were sick, cold, and hungry and were in no condition to fight. After
the rain stopped a thick fog rolled in. God had answered George
Washington’s prayers because this was the best possible thing that
could happen.
order a direct retreat because it would send the troops into panic and
When the boats arrived, like ghosts the troops got into the boats
and went across the channel and were safe. The rowers were soldiers
by rank but sailors by trade. All night they ferried across as many
When the British awoke in the morning there was no sing of the
attack and it very well could have cost them the war. If they would
would have had to surrender ending any chance that the Americans
There are many more mistakes that the British made during
the war and the Americans made some too, but had it not been for the
would have most certainly been the victors of the war. Even if though
they won that battle, their heavy causalities of that battle led to the
tentativeness during the Battle for New York and if it had not been for
this the Americans would have most certainly lost the Revolutionary
War. The pride and the arrogance of the British officers was the final