[DOC] [TLE] J! Archive - Show #3848, aired 2001-05-02 [PAR] Jonathan Reinstein, a senior from Dix Hills, New York. Katherine Bushey .... On 
July 4, 1776 this head of the Army was in New York preparing for a British attack
... [DOC] [TLE] Battle of Long Island - Wikipedia [PAR] The Battle of Long Island, also known as the Battle of Brooklyn and the Battle of 
Brooklyn ... It was a victory for the British Army and the beginning of a successful 
campaign ... There he established defenses and waited for the British to attack. .... 
July 12, 1776, two months before the Battle of Brooklyn, the New York Provincial
... [DOC] [TLE] New York and New Jersey campaign - Wikipedia [PAR] Lord Stirling leading an attack against the British in order to enable the retreat of 
other troops at the Battle of Long Island, 1776. Painting by Alonzo Chappel, 1858
. The New York and New Jersey campaign was a series of battles for control of 
New York City ... General Howe, rather than moving against New York, withdrew 
his army to... [DOC] [TLE] Conflict and Revolution 1775-1776 - The History Place [PAR] April 18, 1775 - General Gage orders 700 British soldiers to Concord to destroy 
the ... Colonial volunteers from all over New England assemble and head for 
Boston, ... June-July, 1776 - A massive British war fleet arrives in New York 
Harbor ... New York City, Washington's army repulses a British attack during the 
Battle of... [DOC] [TLE] US History Timeline: War of Independence [PAR] Colonial volunteers from all over New England assemble and head for ... June-
July, 1776 - A massive British war fleet arrives in New York Harbor ... July 4, 1776 
- United States Declaration of Independence. August 27-29, 1776 - Gen. Howe 
leads 15,000 soldiers against Washington's army in the Battle of Long Island. [DOC] [TLE] Free Flashcards about AMERICAN REVOLUTION- - StudyStack [PAR] ON JULY 4, 1776 THIS HEAD OF THE ARMY WAS IN NEW YORK PREPARING 
FOR A BRITISH ATTACK, GEORGE WASHINGTON. BOTH CONTINENTAL... [DOC] [TLE] The Battle of Long Island - The American Revolutionary War [PAR] ... George Washington guessed that they would head south and try to take New 
York. ... Therefore, he and his army went there and prepared for the British to 
attack. ... The next day (July 4, 1776) was the day that the America's Continental 
... this was happening, George Washington had been preparing for battle in New 
York. [DOC] [TLE] Siege of Boston  George Washington's Mount Vernon [PAR] Washington was charged with forming these companies into an army and 
directing ... Upon arriving in Cambridge in early July, Washington proposed an 
attack on Boston. ... On the evening of March 4, 1776, he directed his men to take 
the cannon from .... He rightly suspected that the British would head for New York 
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unprovoked British attack and of farmers rising in the night to protect their lives, ... 
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4, 1776, established a new nation and transformed a limited... [DOC] [TLE] Philadelphia Reflections: The British Attack Philadelphia [PAR] But to do this the British army had to abandon their navy and supplies for eleven 
... By the fall of 1776 Howe had consolidated his hold on New York, and ... 
Washington thought that meant he was going to head for Trenton, and then down 
the Delaware to Philadelphia. .... What Happened in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776
? [DOC] [TLE] HISTORY OF BRITISH COLONIAL AMERICA [PAR] British America now consists of the thirteen colonies founded or developed by 
Britain .... This American volunteer army is laying siege to British-held Boston 
when the ... This powerful move towards independence comes to a head in early 
July. In the ... George Washington's defence of New York in 1776 and 
subsequently of... [DOC]

Question: On July 4, 1776 this head of the Army was in New York preparing for a British attack
Answer: George Washington