Guts & Glory--The American Revolution by Ben Thompson

Guts & Glory--The American Revolution by Ben Thompson

Author:Ben Thompson [THOMPSON, BEN]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Juvenile Nonfiction / History / United States / Colonial & Revolutionary Periods, Juvenile Nonfiction / History / Military & Wars, Juvenile Nonfiction / People & Places / United States / General
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 2017-05-16T00:00:00+00:00


Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: May 10, 1775–December 12, 1776

Baltimore, Maryland: December 20, 1776–February 27, 1777

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: March 4, 1777–September 18, 1777

Lancaster, Pennsylvania: September 27, 1777 (one day)

York, Pennsylvania: September 30, 1777–June 27, 1778

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: July 2, 1778–June 21, 1783

Princeton, New Jersey: June 30, 1783–the end of the war

Know Your Founding Fathers

NAME: Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roche Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette

BIRTHDAY: September 6, 1757

BIRTHPLACE: Chavaniac, France

CLAIM TO FAME: French nobleman who helped win American independence

JOB BEFORE THE WAR: French cavalry officer and wealthy aristocrat

ROLE IN THE WAR: Major general commanding large groups of American troops

AFTER THE WAR: Returned home to France to help enact the French Revolution

BONUS FACT: Lafayette named his only son Georges Washington de Lafayette. The marquis is buried in a famous cemetery in Paris, and the dirt used to cover his coffin was taken from Bunker Hill, Massachusetts.



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