History Of Morristown New Jersey In Revolutionary Time

Introduction

War of Independence of the United States, called the American Revolution took place in 1775-1783. It included hostilities between The Great Britain and her 13 colonies in North America, as a consequence of the growing dissatisfaction with the colonial metropolis policy (limiting their government, inhibition of growth, increasing taxes). The Continental Congress (1774) decided to associate the colony in order to effectively combat the metropolis. A group of colonist's metropolis stood on the side, called loyalists. On April 19, 1775 the first clash between British troops and American militia occurred at Lexington and Concord (in Massachusetts). It was a war between Britain and Loyalists (loyal to the legitimate government of the British Crown), on the one hand, and the revolutionary 13 British colonies (the patriots) on the other, which declared their independence from Britain, as an independent federal state in 1776 (Axelrod, Alan, p. 55). Significant political and social changes took place in the lives of the inhabitants of North America by the end of the war and win it in the pro-independence, referred to in American literature as, "American Revolution". The escalating conflict for many years was a consequence of the growing opposition to the policy of the British colony, and especially the efforts of Great Britain to reduce their government, inhibit the growth and increase income derived from them, mainly by imposing new taxes. The war itself was preceded by numerous business organizations (such as the Sons of Liberty and Committees of Correspondence), arranging communication between the colonies, to mobilize public opinion to fight for her rights and sending petitions to the British king, and share organizing a boycott of British goods and riots (Axelrod, Alan, p. 55).

Discussion

History of Morristown New Jersey during the Revolutionary War

The county was founded in 1738 by separating the territory from the county of Hunterdon. Morris was named by the name of the Governor of the Province of New Jersey. During the American War of Independence the army of George Washington spent two winters encamped near Morristown. When Howe was aware of the sortie American in Trenton ordered an immediate counterattack to General Cornwallis. The troops the U.S. had in the meantime, between I and 2 January 1777, re-crossed the Delaware River with five thousand men reaching at a less defensible. Cornwallis arrived in front of the deployment saw the unseemly position of the enemy and gave its soldiers a day of rest, but this was what Washington had expected, and as a result of which he had based his tactics (Cunningham, John, p. 34-36).

During the night the U.S. general ordered instead of light all the lanterns and the fires of the camp and then walked around the workstations British soldiers while Cornwallis slept. They arrived in the town of Princeton dawn and the Americans clashed with three regiments of infantry, which were rushing reinforcements to the troops on the Delaware River. The battle was short and did not report many losses (fifteen Americans and ninety English), ...