Revolutionary War Dbq

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“Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes! Then fire low!” -Israel Putnam.

The Revolutionary War was one of the most important wars known to US history. Without

this powerful war that impacted the lives of many people from youngest to oldest generations,

we wouldn't be able to live the way we are today. The American Revolutionary War of 1775 was

not an easy battle to win. They faced many challenges along their way to gain Justice

and Liberty. Thousands of men who fought for us lost their lives to make sure that America’s

future was successful. The Continental Army had a great leader who we know today as our first

president George Washington. Our army also included spies, colonists and skilled

sharpshooters. All …show more content…

One of his acts of being a great leader was that he

successfully moved over nine thousand of his troops to Manhattan without losing a single

soldier. George Washington lost more battles than what he won, yet he was able to be find the

winning strategy to victory on both the Battle of Trenton as well as the Battle of Yorktown.

Washington was a very painstaking man, and wanted to fight for freedom and liberty for our

country's sake. Washington once wrote in a journal during the war stating, “My first wish is to

see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the Earth.” This man had to face many

sacrifices along is journey of being captain of Continental Army. He had to watch as many of

over 25,000 of his men die from the beginning of the war at Lexington and Concord, which was

the first military confrontation of the American Revolutionary War. Till the very end when they

signed the Treaty of Paris, The treaty of Amity and Commerce, as well as the Treaty of Alliance.

If we didn't have our Captain George Washington, we would have never won this …show more content…

On October 7, 1779 the Continental

Army was planning to attack the British in the Battle of Saratoga. The Battle of Saratoga

marked the climax of The Saratoga Campaign, giving a conclusive victory to our team the

Americans over the British in this war. Simon Fraiser was the captain of the British army at the

time. Timothy Murphy was a rebellion sharpshooter that was set out to kill Fraiser. Murphy was

300 yards away from the British troops ready to take out their captain. He managed to shoot

exactly 3 Shots to be able to hit the captain. On the third shot, he hit Fraiser right in the

stomach and killed the British Army’s captain instantly. Without our sharpshooters, guaranteed

we would have faltered in the American Revolution. Not only did we have these talented

sharpshooters but we had spies in this war as well.


Spies played a huge role in the Revolutionary War. It was a huge challenge to get

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