Benedict Arnold commanded the Massachusetts militia at the start of the Revolutionary War.
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John Parker
the general who commanded American forces in South Vietnam.
The Battle of Bunker Hill took place on June 17, 1775 on Breed's Hill, as part of the Siege of Boston during the American Revolutionary War. General Israel Putnam was in charge of the revolutionary forces, while Major-General William Howe commanded the British forces.
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John Parker
During the American Revolutionary War a battle was fought at Eutaw Springs, South Carolina. The American forces were commanded by General Nathanael Greene. The British forces were commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Stewart.
The Massachusetts militia faced the British regular forces at Lexington.
The first fighting of the Revolutionary War broke out in Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts. On April 19, 1775, British soldiers confronted local militia in an attempt to seize weapons and supplies. This skirmish marked the beginning of the armed conflict between the American colonists and British forces.
Lexington and Concord, two towns in Massachusetts, were where the Revolution began, when colonial militia exchanged fire with British troops sent in from Boston. Saratoga, New York, was a major turning point in the Revolution, in which American forces dealt a harsh blow to British forces and gained recognition by the French of their cause.
Paul Revere was living in Boston when the American Revolution started. Paul Revere served in the Massachusetts militia and is famous for alerting American forces of the British forces arriving.
A soldier is part of the armed forces. the armed forces are, well, you know, a giant "constellation". A militia man, however, is just part of a "neighborhood army". Militias were used in the Revolutionary War to fight against the Lobster, Redcoats, British, however you want to say it. Militia men were also called "Minutemen", because they were ready to fight "In a minute of preparation."
General Thomas Gage was the last Royal Governor of Massachusetts and commanded the British forces in America. At a time when calls to secede from Britain echoed throughout the Colonies, General Gage made matters worse by trying to enforce the Coercive Acts. By ordering troops to advance on Concord and seize the weapons of the colonists, he immediately pushed ahead the start of the Revolutionary War.
Yes, Daniel Shays' rebellion in Massachusetts in 1786-1787 involved acts of violence. Shays and his supporters, primarily indebted farmers and ex-revolutionary soldiers, engaged in armed confrontations with state militia forces in their attempt to prevent foreclosures and debt collection.
the general who commanded American forces in South Vietnam.