"March to Independence: The Revolutionary War in the" Topic
5 Posts
All members in good standing are free to post here. Opinions expressed here are solely those of the posters, and have not been cleared with nor are they endorsed by The Miniatures Page.
Please use the Complaint button (!) to report problems on the forums.
For more information, see the TMP FAQ.
Back to the American Revolution Message Board
Areas of Interest18th Century
Featured Hobby News Article
Featured Link
Top-Rated Ruleset
Featured Workbench Article
Featured Book Review
|
Please sign in to your membership account, or, if you are not yet a member, please sign up for your free membership account.
Tango01  | 11 Jan 2022 8:50 p.m. PST |
… Southern Colonies, 1775–1776 "The American Revolutionary War began when Massachusetts militiamen and British troops clashed at Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775. Two months later, a much larger engagement occurred at Bunker Hill in Boston. The conflict then expanded into a continent-wide war for independence from Great Britain. Or so we are taught. A closer look at events in the South in the eighteen months following Lexington and Concord tells different story. The practice of teaching the Revolutionary War as one generalized conflict between the American colonies and Great Britain assumes the South's support for the Revolutionary War was a foregone conclusion. However, once shots were fired, it was not certain that the southern colonies would support the independence movement. What is clear is that both the fledgling American republic and the British knew that the southern colonies were critical to any successful prosecution of the war by either side…"
Main page
link
Armand
|
| historygamer | 12 Jan 2022 8:48 a.m. PST |
Mike is a great guy. I have a couple of his books. :-) |
| Tango01 | 12 Jan 2022 3:11 p.m. PST |
|
| Bill N | 12 Jan 2022 3:53 p.m. PST |
I have enjoyed his articles in the Journal of the American Revolution page. |
| Tango01 | 13 Jan 2022 3:35 p.m. PST |
|
|
!
