The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1902-03-14
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| over from England with large army to
whip the French. Braddock would not
listen to Washington who advised him
to send scouts ahead, Braddock scorned
the American ofllcers, aud Washington
resigned his place and took II place on
Braddock's staff.
One morning the army was surrounded
by the French and Indians. The woods
rang with their yells and shriekS.
Braddock, instead of scattering his
men behind trees and stones, kept
them in Il firm body but it was oily for
them to be Il target for the French and
| Indians.
SharpshooterS finally mortally wounded
| Braddock aud Washington did his best
to rally the troops but it was of no avail.
The war finally ended by the French
giving up Canada and their part in the
| u. 5. in 1868. Before the war closed
| Washington retired to Mt. Vernon and
married widow named Mrs Martha
| Gusts. Washington lived quietly for
| several years on his place at Mt. Vernon.
Sometimes he helped draw sein out of
the Potomac River.
He rode over his place and kept it in
order. About this time the parliament
of England and, the King put tax. on
| the tea and all goods imported into
America. The American people to make
the English people stop this tyrauy put
on homespun clothes, and drank sassafras
tea made from the roots Of the sassafras
| bush. The Americans claimed that the
! English could not tax them without
| their consent. They also claimed that
| they had a right in the election of
parliament. This brought on the memor-
| able Revolutionary war. The British
sent ship load Of tea to America and
some people dressed up in costumes like
| Indians, made the Boston Harber
| large teapot and threw all of the tea on
| the ship into it.
The King punished Boston for this
and the other colnies sided with Boston,
The Americans gathered up power at
Lexington and the British marched to
take it. The sturdy American farmers
offered resistance and shot at the British
from behind rocks and trees. This was
on April 10th. l775. Congress was now
called together and they elected Wash
| ington commander in chief of the
American army.
Before Washington got to Boston to
take command the battle of Bunker
Hill had been fought. In this
|
the field but it was plainly shown by the
stubborn resistance of the American
farmers that they were equal to the
well trained British troops, For many
months Washington kept fine English
army penned up in Boston as soon as
his troops got strong enough he sent a
detachment up to Dorchester heights
and threw up redoubts. The British said
the American rebels have done in one
night what we would have done in a
month.
The next morning the battery at
Dorchester heights threw shells into
Boston and made the place so uncomfort-
able for the British that they got in
their ships and sailed away AT first the
Americans had only fought for their
rights but the King and parliament
would not give them their rights so
on July 4th l776 they declared them selves
free and independent. This was called
the Declaration of Independence. Soon
after it was signed the British sent fleet
to drive Washington from New York.
A battle was fought or Long Isla nd and
the Americans were defeated and had TO
give up New York They fell back
across to New Jersey and it seemed that
all was lost, Washington saw that he
had to fight small body of English
to keep his troops courage up. So he
set out Christmas night and crossed the
Delaware and slipped upon some of the
kings Hesslau soldiers. They were
drinking and celebrating Christmas day.
Washington was celebrating it in his
own way The Americans captured
about one thousand of them. Not long
after CORVALLIS surrounded Washing
ton and went TO bed boasting that he
would bag the fox in the morning.
Washington left the camp fires burning
and few soldiers to dig intrenchments
so as to fool Corvallis Washington
left by little by road which lie knew
and escaped.
When CORVALLIS got up the next
mornniDg the fox was gone and when
he heard Commons booming down the
river he had to hasten to New Brun-
wich to save his stores. Washing
ton won the battle at Princeton and
, marched across the hills to MorrstoWn
thus forcing the British to give up the
greater part of New Jersey.
| The winter at Valley Forge was one
) of the most tagical parts of the war.
The French came over To help the
! Americans about this time. Cornwallis
, had marched down South and had gained
! Several victories over the Americans but
! he could not subdue them so he came
on back up into Virginia.
I Washington pretended to be watch.
q ing New York 80 that the troops from
] that place would not join Cornwallis,