America had a common language, unlike the European nations, none of which was linguistically homogeneous. in 1789 the majority of Frenchmen did not speak French but were divided by a variety of provincial patois. Englishmen from Yorkshire were incomprehensible to those from Cornwall and vice versa. By contrast, Americans could understand one another from Maine to Georgia. It was very obvious why this should be so, said John Witherspoon, president of Princeton. Since Americans were much more unsettled, and move frequently from place to place, they are not as liable to local peculiarities, either in accent or phraseology.
Battles
Battle | Location | End Date Sort descending |
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Battle of Lexington and Concord | Massachusetts | 19-Apr-1775 |
Battle of Fort Ticonderoga | New York | 10-May-1775 |
Battle of Bunker Hill | Massachusetts | 17-Jun-1775 |
Battle of Quebec | Quebec, Canada | 31-Dec-1775 |
Fortification of Dorchester Heights | Massachusetts | 04-Mar-1776 |
Battle of Long Island | New York | 27-Aug-1776 |
Battle of Harlem Heights | New York | 16-Sep-1776 |
Battle of Valcour Island | New York | 11-Oct-1776 |
Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge | North Carolina | 27-Oct-1776 |
Battle of White Plains | New York | 28-Oct-1776 |
Battle of Fort Washington | New York | 16-Nov-1776 |
Battle of Trenton | New Jersey | 26-Dec-1776 |
Battle of Princeton | New Jersey | 03-Jan-1777 |
Siege of Fort Ticonderoga | New York | 06-Jul-1777 |
Battle of Oriskany | New York | 06-Aug-1777 |
Battle of Bennington | New York | 16-Aug-1777 |
Battle of Brandywine | Pennsylvania | 11-Sep-1777 |
Battle of Germantown | Pennsylvania | 04-Oct-1777 |
Battle of Fort Montgomery and Fort Clinton | New York | 06-Oct-1777 |
Battles of Saratoga | New York | 07-Oct-1777 |
Battle of Red Bank (Fort Mercer) | New Jersey | 22-Oct-1777 |
Siege of Mud Island Fort (Fort Mifflin) | Pennsylvania | 15-Nov-1777 |
Battle of Rhode Island | Rhode Island | 08-Feb-1778 |
Battle of Monmouth | New Jersey | 28-Jun-1778 |
Battle of Savannah | Georgia | 29-Dec-1778 |
Battle of Stony Point | New York | 15-Jul-1779 |
Siege of Savannah | Georgia | 20-Oct-1779 |
Siege of Charleston | South Carolina | 12-May-1780 |
Battle of Waxhaws | South Carolina | 29-May-1780 |
Battle of Camden | South Carolina | 16-Aug-1780 |
Battle of Kings Mountain | South Carolina | 07-Oct-1780 |
Battle of Guilford Courthouse | North Carolina | 15-Mar-1781 |
Battle of Chesapeake Capes | Virginia — Chesapeake Bay | 05-Sep-1781 |
Battle of Groton Heights | Connecticut | 06-Sep-1781 |
Battle of Eutaw Springs | South Carolina | 08-Sep-1781 |
Siege of Yorktown | Virginia | 19-Oct-1781 |
Battle of Cowpens | South Carolina | 07-Nov-1781 |
Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789–1815 (2009)