{"id":51,"date":"2011-09-19T13:04:04","date_gmt":"2011-09-19T13:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-117pinsker\/?p=51"},"modified":"2016-09-22T16:59:07","modified_gmt":"2016-09-22T16:59:07","slug":"george-washington-and-revolutionary-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-117pinsker\/2011\/09\/19\/george-washington-and-revolutionary-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Continental Army"},"content":{"rendered":"
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1772 Washington portrait by Charles W. Peale<\/p><\/div>\n

George Washington famously appeared at the Second Continental Congress in his old Virginia militia uniform from the French & Indian War.\u00a0 His appearance sent a radical message –Washington was ready for a fight by the spring of 1775.\u00a0 Washington’s feisty sentiments and his Virginia birth explain a great deal about why he was selected to lead the new Continental Army and why he became such a revered figure during the Revolutionary War. \u00a0Washington\u00a0was not, as Gordon Wood observes, a distinguished battlefield tactician. \u00a0However, he was an extraordinary organizer and leader of men. \u00a0 Students in History 117 should be able to explain how Washington\u00a0transformed the Continental Army and why his strategy for victory proved to be so prescient. \u00a0In class, we will discussion\u00a0Washington’s 1778\u00a0letter to the committee\u00a0of Congress,\u00a0which another historian, Jack Rakove describes as a “virtual state paper,” and try to assess its significance. \u00a0We will also review the experiences of the Continental Army in the field, during the various campaigns of the Revolutionary War.<\/p>\n

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