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American Revolutionary War
The success of the Declaration of Independence and the Revolutionary War came about through men who were raised up by God for this special purpose. …

American Revolutionary War

The success of the Declaration of Independence and the Revolutionary War came about through men who were raised up by God for this special purpose. You must read and study the Declaration of Independence to feel its inspiration. You merely need to study history to recognize that a group of fledgling colonies defeating the world’s most powerful nation stemmed from a force greater than man. Where else in the world do we find a group of men together in one place at one time who possessed greater capacity and wisdom than the founding fathers—Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, and others? But it was not to their own abilities that they gave the credit. They acknowledged Almighty God and were certain of the impossibility of their success without his help. Benjamin Franklin made an appeal for daily prayers in the Constitutional Convention. In that appeal he said, “If a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid? I believe without His concurring aid we shall succeed in this political building no better than the building of Babel.”

The Revolutionary War was fought for freedom from tyranny. Today we are fortunate to still live in a choice and promised land with many freedoms, but those freedoms have been under attack and are dwindling as we continue to give up more and more liberty for the illusion of more security. It was to remain free and blessed as long as its people remember the God who gave them life and this free land. “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people,” John Adams famously announced in 1798. “It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” 

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Chronological History of Events Related to the American Revolutionary War

The Olive Branch Petition: A letter from the 2nd Continental Congress to King George to Repeal his Tyrannous Laws

The Olive Branch Petition: A letter from the 2nd Continental Congress to King George to Repeal his Tyrannous Laws

The Olive Branch Petition was issued  (shipped by boat) from the American colonies to King George III in England. It proposed a final peace deal with England and promised loyalty to the British government if it repealed the Coercive Acts and ended its taxation without representation policies. The King completely disregarded the petition. The Olive Branch Petition, drafted on July 5, 1775, was a letter to King George III, ...
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Thomas Jefferson: "We are Reduced to the Alternative of Choosing an Unconditional Submission to Tyranny, or Resistance by Force. The Latter is our Choice!"

Thomas Jefferson: “We are Reduced to the Alternative of Choosing an Unconditional Submission to Tyranny, or Resistance by Force. The Latter is our Choice!”

The Continental Congress issued A Declaration by the Representatives of the United Colonies of North-America, Now Met in Congress at Philadelphia, Setting Forth the Causes and Necessity of Their Taking Up Arms. This was written by Thomas Jefferson and Pennsylvania lawyer John Dickinson. In response to England sending soldiers to "restore order" in the colonies, Jefferson wrote: We are reduced to the alternative of choosing an unconditional submission ...
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General Gage gives Ultimatum to Bostonians: Surrender Your Firearms

General Gage gives Ultimatum to Bostonians: Surrender Your Firearms

General Gage finally gave an ultimatum to the Bostonians that they were to surrender their firearms. Anyone that was found in possession of arms would be deemed guilty of treason. (Source) ...
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Congress Approves General George Washington as the new Commander in Chief

Congress Approves General George Washington as the new Commander in Chief

Congress approved the choice of Washington as the new commander in chief, who then read a letter of acceptance. ‘Mr. President, tho’ I am truly sensible of the high honour done me in this appointment, yet I feel distress from the consciousness that my abilities and Military experience may not be equal to the extensive and important Trust,’ he said. ‘However, as the Congress desires, I ...
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The Continental Congress officially established the Continental Army

The Continental Congress officially established the Continental Army

Interestingly, the United States (U.S.) Army traces its lineage to the American Army of the 1780s, not the Continental Army that fought the American Revolution.[3] The U.S. Army, however, celebrates its birth on the 14th of June each year. This anniversary documents the birth of the Continental Army on June 14, 1775 when the Continental Congress authorized three different states to raise ten rifle companies, six ...
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Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys Capture Fort Ticonderoga in New York from the British

Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys Capture Fort Ticonderoga in New York from the British

The Green Mountain Boys  invaded Fort Ticonderoga in New York and under the leadership of Ethan Allen captured the fort from the British. They demanded the surrender of the sleeping British soldiers "in the name of the great Jehovah and the Continental Congress." With the fort they captured cannons and mortars that were sent to New England where they were used on the heights of Boston Harbor. These ...
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The Start of the Revolutionary War: The Battle of Lexington & Concord begins with the Shot Heard 'Round the World

The Start of the Revolutionary War: The Battle of Lexington & Concord begins with the Shot Heard ‘Round the World

At Lexington Green, MA, the British were met by approximately seventy American Minute Men led by John Parker in a British attempt to confiscate American arms. At the North Bridge in Concord, the British were confronted again, this time by 300-400 armed colonists, and were forced to march back to Boston with the Americans firing on them all the way. By the end of the day, ...
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Paul Revere's Midnight Ride Warning the Patriots that the British were Coming

Paul Revere’s Midnight Ride Warning the Patriots that the British were Coming

Riding through present-day Somerville, Medford, and Arlington, Revere warned patriots along his route, many of whom set out on horseback to deliver warnings of their own. By the end of the night there were probably as many as 40 riders throughout Middlesex County carrying the news of the army's advance. Revere did not shout the phrase later attributed to him ("The British are coming!"): His mission depended on secrecy, the ...
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Four Days Prior to "The Shot Heard Around the World", John Hancock calls for a Day of Fasting and Prayer in Massachusetts

Four Days Prior to “The Shot Heard Around the World”, John Hancock calls for a Day of Fasting and Prayer in Massachusetts

Four days before the “Shot Heard ‘Round the World,” John Hancock circulates this declaration to the citizens of Massachusetts: “In circumstances dark as these, it becomes us, as Men and Christians, to reflect that, whilst every prudent Measure should be taken to ward off the impending Judgements.. “All confidence must be withheld from the Means we use; and reposed only on that GOD who rules in ...
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John Hancock on a Militia: "They fight (Not for a Master's ambition, but) for their Houses, their Lands, for their Wives, ...for their Liberty, and for their God"

John Hancock on a Militia: “They fight (Not for a Master’s ambition, but) for their Houses, their Lands, for their Wives, …for their Liberty, and for their God”

On the 4th anniversary of the Boston Massacre, 1774, John Hancock, who would be the first to sign the Declaration of Independence, stated: “Will not a well-disciplined militia afford you ample security against foreign foes? We want not courage; it is discipline alone in which we are exceeded by the most formidable troops that ever trod the earth… A well-disciplined militia is a safe, an honorable guard ...
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