. A history of the United States. i8s mechanics which made up the revolutionary force. He mustalso procure powder, bullets, and cannon. Many cannonand a large amount of powder had already been seized byEthan Allen and a band of Green Mountain Boys at FortTiconderoga on Lake cannon could not bebrought to Cambridge until thesnows of the next winter madeit easy to haul them. Otherneeded supplies were obtainedby the capture of a British store-ship as it was nearing showed great pa-tience and tact, as well as firm-ness, in the tedious work ofpreparing the army for wa
. A history of the United States. i8s mechanics which made up the revolutionary force. He mustalso procure powder, bullets, and cannon. Many cannonand a large amount of powder had already been seized byEthan Allen and a band of Green Mountain Boys at FortTiconderoga on Lake cannon could not bebrought to Cambridge until thesnows of the next winter madeit easy to haul them. Otherneeded supplies were obtainedby the capture of a British store-ship as it was nearing showed great pa-tience and tact, as well as firm-ness, in the tedious work ofpreparing the army for war. Among the soldiers were manyIrish, Scotch-Irish, and Germanimmigrants.^ Whole companies,especially in Pennsylvania, con-tained few or no English col-onists. Some of the soldiershad seen service in Europeanarmies, others in the recent warwith the French and Indians. Many of the farmers, accus-tomed to life on the frontier or to hunting, readily learnedthe lessons of warfare. While Washington was busy with his task at Cambridge,. George Washington in 1775After the portrait by Peale 1 By the Revolution the thirteen colonies ceased to be dependencies of Eng-land. They became instead parts of a new nation formed in North this time the people leaving Europe for America are thought of, notso much as emigrants from Europe and subjects of a European kingdom, asimmigrants into the United States and members of the Republic. For thisreason the words immigrant and immigration will now be used where emigrant and emigration have been used. i86 THE OUTBREAK OF WAR
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