No man ever loved Massachusetts with greater intensity than did [Massachusetts Royal Governor] Thomas Hutchinson. He had written her history, fought for her boundaries, re-established her currency, seen to it that her courts and judicial system were kept to a high standard. He had honestly believed in the centralization of power, and that the centre should be in London. The side which won did not, and yet their grandchildren (two of Paul Revere’s among them) were to be dying within a century for the centralization of power in the Federal Government. Hutchinson lost everything by backing the wrong system at the wrong time.... Yet if the other side had won, Thomas Hutchinson would undoubtedly be regarded as one of our great patriots.
Battles
Battle | Location Sort descending | End Date |
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Battle of Groton Heights | Connecticut | 06-Sep-1781 |
Battle of Savannah | Georgia | 29-Dec-1778 |
Siege of Savannah | Georgia | 20-Oct-1779 |
Battle of Bunker Hill | Massachusetts | 17-Jun-1775 |
Battle of Lexington and Concord | Massachusetts | 19-Apr-1775 |
Fortification of Dorchester Heights | Massachusetts | 04-Mar-1776 |
Battle of Princeton | New Jersey | 03-Jan-1777 |
Battle of Monmouth | New Jersey | 28-Jun-1778 |
Battle of Trenton | New Jersey | 26-Dec-1776 |
Battle of Red Bank (Fort Mercer) | New Jersey | 22-Oct-1777 |
Battle of Fort Ticonderoga | New York | 10-May-1775 |
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 Fort Washington | New York | 16-Nov-1776 |
Battle of Stony Point | New York | 15-Jul-1779 |
Battles of Saratoga | New York | 07-Oct-1777 |
Battle of Fort Montgomery and Fort Clinton | New York | 06-Oct-1777 |
Siege of Fort Ticonderoga | New York | 06-Jul-1777 |
Battle of White Plains | New York | 28-Oct-1776 |
Battle of Bennington | New York | 16-Aug-1777 |
Battle of Oriskany | New York | 06-Aug-1777 |
Battle of Guilford Courthouse | North Carolina | 15-Mar-1781 |
Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge | North Carolina | 27-Oct-1776 |
Battle of Germantown | Pennsylvania | 04-Oct-1777 |
Battle of Brandywine | Pennsylvania | 11-Sep-1777 |
Siege of Mud Island Fort (Fort Mifflin) | Pennsylvania | 15-Nov-1777 |
Battle of Quebec | Quebec, Canada | 31-Dec-1775 |
Battle of Rhode Island | Rhode Island | 08-Feb-1778 |
Battle of Eutaw Springs | South Carolina | 08-Sep-1781 |
Battle of Cowpens | South Carolina | 07-Nov-1781 |
Battle of Camden | South Carolina | 16-Aug-1780 |
Siege of Charleston | South Carolina | 12-May-1780 |
Battle of Kings Mountain | South Carolina | 07-Oct-1780 |
Battle of Waxhaws | South Carolina | 29-May-1780 |
Siege of Yorktown | Virginia | 19-Oct-1781 |
Battle of Chesapeake Capes | Virginia — Chesapeake Bay | 05-Sep-1781 |
Paul Revere & The World He Lived In (1942)