An introductory school history of the United States, arranged on the catechetical plan; to which are added, the Declaration of independence, and the Constitution of the United States, with questions and explanations . Virginia, on the 7th ofJune, was passed by a large majority on the 2d of July. What took place two days later ? Thomas Jefferson, of Virginia, in behalf of a committee offive members, presented a document which he had prepared;and, on the 4th of July, this document, the Declaration ofIndependence, was unanimously adopted by Congress. Where was a large force of the enemy now conce
An introductory school history of the United States, arranged on the catechetical plan; to which are added, the Declaration of independence, and the Constitution of the United States, with questions and explanations . Virginia, on the 7th ofJune, was passed by a large majority on the 2d of July. What took place two days later ? Thomas Jefferson, of Virginia, in behalf of a committee offive members, presented a document which he had prepared;and, on the 4th of July, this document, the Declaration ofIndependence, was unanimously adopted by Congress. Where was a large force of the enemy now concentrating? In the beginning of July, Gen. Howe took possession ofStaten Island, at the entrance of New York Bay. Here hewas joined by his brother, Admiral Lord Howe, by Clinton,and by a large body of Hessians. How many men did the British and American armies then count? Howe soon had an army of thirty-five thousand men; whileWashingtons efiective force, in New York and vicinity, didnot exceed seventeen thousand men. What movements did the British make against the Americans ? Howes troops were landed on the western end of LongIsland, and, in three divisions, by three different roads. 64 THE AMERICAN NEW YORK BAY. adv^anced toward the American camp at Brooklyn, then incommand of Gen. Putnam. Oim an account of the battle that followed. While two of the divisions, August 27, were engaging theAmericans, the third, under Clinton, having taken a circuitousroute, fell upon their rear. Some of the patriots cut theirway through the host of foes, butnearly two thousand were killed,wounded, or taken prisoners. TheBritish lost less than four hundred. W7iat can you state of Washingtonsmasterly retreat to New York ? On the 29th, while a heavy fogwas hanging over Brooklyn, Wash-ington succeeded in getting histroops to New York, thus accom-plishing one of the most signal achievements of the course did Washington then adopt f Influenced by his officers, he retreated to the n
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