Early Battles (New York through Princeton)
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- African Americans and the War
- We promise freedom to all slaves who take up arms for the king
- New York Battle
- I retreat.
- Getting kicked out of New York
- GET OUT OF NEW YORK!!!
- I've disappointed everyone
- The Blacks got banned from the Continental Army. The slaves went to British territory and the British promised freedom to all slaves who take up arms for the king. Thousands of runaway slaves became loyalists and fought Great Britain.
- Falling Hopes
- We are so hungry, we have no food and no water and we are freezing cold
- I am so sorry, we got run out of every state we have been in. We do not have any clothes or food or water.
- On August 27, 1776, the American and British armies met in Brooklyn, New York. The Americans were so inexperienced, they were no match to the British. 2 days of fighting went by and the British had only lost 377 men while the Americans had lost 1,407.
- Second Thoughts
- What were we thinking putting our own life at risk?
- What if we don't make it?
- Are you guys ready?
- After Washington retreated, they began to get run out of New York. They got chased into Pennsylvania.
- The turning point
- We do not have many men left! We can not sit down and whine because we have nothing. We need to work with what we have!
- They still began walking. The temperatures started to get very very cold. They were struggling by the minutes and had no hope left. There was no food, water, and their clothes were very very thin.
- People of the Continental Army started to begin doubting themselves. They thought that anyone who voluntarily risked their lives to serve in the Continental Amry had to be crazy.
- As they went on through Pennsylvania, they realized that they don't have much. They have no clothes and they haven't eaten in days. This is when Washington wrote to his brother. Otherwise. "I think the game will be pretty well up".
- We are so tired and so cold, we have barely any clothes and little food.
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