LAD #4 Revolution Article

1. The Revolutionary War was very violent and soldiers suffered greatly. They had little clothes causing them to steal clothes and shoes off the prisoners and the dead.

2. The Revolutionary War was America’s longest declared war, lasting more than eight years causing a large amount of deaths among those who fought for independence.

3. Popular paintings during the Revolution tend to not have battle scenes or violent images from the war.

4. Civil War soldiers were equipped with weapons capable of producing greater causalities than those available to Washington’s soldiers, but to maximize the weapons they had, the armies fought at close range so they wouldn’t miss, wasting their bullets.

5. Vietnam was America’s first television war where people at home could watch and see the realities of war. It could be turned on and off similar to the news so people could have an update on what was going on daily.

Pictures: I chose a picture of the American soldiers during the Revolution in the harsh winter along with a picture of the Texas Revolution because colonists in the Mexican Province of Texas rebelled against the Mexican Government in 1836. They rebelled in order to fight for their freedom and independence, similar to the Americans rebelling to gain their independence from Great Britain because neither of them wanted to be under foreign control and have to abide by their laws.