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Playing an important role in the French Revolutionary Wars, he quickly rose through the ranks and by the age of thirty-two was General-in-Chief of the French Army of the Alps, commanding 53,000 men. Later, on a campaign to Egypt, Alex clashed with another powerful general, Napoleon Bonaparte, and from there his career took a downward spiral. Today, Napoleon remains one of the most well known ...
Vor 3 Tagen · Gordon S. WoodJuly 2013. Last month at our Austin summer teacher institute, "America at War: From the Colonial Era to 1877," Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Gordon S. Wood delivered the insightful remarks below in a keynote address on the revolutionary origins of the Civil War. Gordon S. Wood is Alva O. Way University Professor Emeritus at ...
Vor 4 Tagen · On November 20, Gen. William Howe ordered Gen. Lord Charles Cornwallis to capture Fort Lee. The plan was to trap the American army between the Hackensack River and the Hudson River. With a force of 4,000-6,000 British soldiers, Cornwallis crossed the Hudson River in a rainstorm and landed about 6 miles north of the fort and marched south.
Vor 5 Tagen · CANNES: Iranian Danish director Ali Abassi's Cannes Film Festival competition entry “The Apprentice” was one of the most talked about films at the recent event. The movie caused a stir largely ...
Vor einem Tag · The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of conflicts fought between the First French Empire under Napoleon Bonaparte (1804–1815) and a fluctuating array of European coalitions. The wars originated in political forces arising from the French Revolution (1789–1799) and from the French Revolutionary Wars (1792–1802), and produced a ...
Vor 5 Tagen · 11 Revolutionary War Sites Across NYC. Noah Sheidlower. 6. Bowling Green. Bowling Green is the oldest public park in New York City, designated in 1733, and it included an actual bowling green ...
Vor 5 Tagen · The Declaration of Independence was written by Thomas Jefferson, with the assistance of John Adams and Benjamin Franklin. The document defined the rights of the people of the independent states. On July 2, 1776, the members of the Second Continental Congress voted in favor of independence. On July 4, 1776, the delegates then held a second vote ...
