Blog #4- Revolution Article

Five things I learned from reading "Rethinking the Revolution," by John Ferling were that

1) While British armies were generally fortunate, well fed and had supplies at hand, American armies were extremely food deprived, sometimes so much so that they ate odd creations such as a soup made from boiled shoes and melted candles.

2) Civilians suffered as much as the armies did from the war. Lots of people died from disease that was spread by their soldiers. Furthermore, civilians homes and food were taken over by the British.

3) There are actually no paintings of the American Revolution  that depict an actual battle scene.

4) France was actually not very helpful to the revolution.

5) In order to seem more educated, George Washington, who was surprisingly self conscious of his writing, went through his writing and edited it, fixing grammar mistakes and changing his style, after the war.

George Washington editing his war writing reminded me of The Diary of Anne Frank because what a lot of people don't know is that her diary actually was edited, by both her and her father before it was published to be more appropriate for the time. Originally there were 2 versions of the diary, which Anne Frank's dad combined when he published it. Similarly, Washington edited his own writing to be better for publishing.



Did you hear the joke about the Liberty Bell?
No? That's a shame, it cracked me up.