The Revolutionary war
he Revolutionary war was the start of a new world power. America promised freedom, bringing in more immigrants, and money. Americans could now decide what to tax and have their own government.
The war was started when Americans had enough of the British king making them pay taxes for something they couldn't have any say in. They started some tension. Some of the British started to turn against them. Riots at first like the Boston tea party then it escalated with the boston massacre and soon a war 
The American Revolutionary War was fought for eight long and deadly years taking about 620,000 american lives, from 1775 to 1783. One of these men happens to be a soldier whose head got blown off by a cannonball. He later rose and became The Headless Horseman.
The war ended in a treaty that states,England’s control on taxes and laws would be finally over. The Americans wrote the Declaration of Independence, the 13 original colonies could make their own flags and laws. The colonies were free and were creating what is now The United State Of America. The end of the war provided more insight on how the still young country of america would turn out and affect the world.
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THE LEGEND OF THE HEADLESS HORSEMEN
By;A.C. B.M.
The Headless Horseman is a fictional character from the short story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by the author Washington Irving It is generally about a Headless Horseman.The story is set in 1790 in the countryside around the dutch settlement of Tarry Town.
The legend of the Headless Horseman begins in Sleepy Hollow, New York, during the American Revolutionary War. Traditional folklore holds that the Horseman was a Hessian artilleryman who was killed during the Battle of White Plains in 1776.
The headless horsemen originated from the legend of sleepy hollow. The story takes place in Yorktown NY. Ichabod Crane is a new schoolmaster from connecticut that falls in love with Katrina Van Tassel the daughter of a rich farmer. Brom Bones the town thug is also in love with katrina so he is jealous of Ichabod.
The horseman himself is a Hessian soldier from the American Revolutionary War who was decapitated by a cannonball and now roams Sleepy Hollow on the back of horse, with his severed head resting upon the knob of his saddle.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Ichabod crane is a schoolmaster Ichabod is native from Kentucky. Ichabod comes to sleepy hollow for work as school minister and a singing master. His erudition and his skill of singing is disputed by the narrator. Ichabod is very interested in ghost stories and the supernatural he believes in it. Ichabod in style gets a liking to Katrina Van Tassel and tries to impress her which makes him meet the headless horseman . http://www.gradesaver.com/the-legend-of-sleepy-hollow/study-guide/character-list
Brom Van Brunt is Ichabod crane biggest rival . Brom Brunt and Ichabod crane fight over Katrina and both try to find a way to impress her . Brom brunt is the so called hero of sleepy hollow because of his feats of strength. Nickname is Brom Bones because of his strength. Skilled in horseback also can be mischievous. And is believed to disguised himself as the headless horseman.
Katrina Van Tassel is the only child of a wealthy farmer. Katrina is 18 years of age . Katrina is known for her beauty and also her riches. She always will dress to show of her best features . She is one of Ichabod Crane’s singing students.
The superstitions of the Legend of Sleepy Hollow is during the revolutionary cannonball shot the head of a horseman . Ever since then he rides in the fields of were his head was shot off to find his dismembered head. And will vanish at sun rise to wait till the next night fall to find his head.
The Headless Horseman
The Headless Horseman is a fictional character from the short story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by American author Washington Irving. The legend of the Headless Horseman begins in a town near North Tarrytown, New York named Sleepy Hollow. 
The Horseman was supposedly a Hessian soldier of unknown rank; one of many such hired to suppress the American Revolutionary War. During the war, the Horseman was one of 548 Hessians killed in a battle for Chatterton Hill, where his head was severed by a cannonball. He was buried in a graveyard outside an Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow. Since then he appears as a ghost, who presents to nightly travelers an actual danger (rather than the largely harmless fright produced by the majority of ghosts), looking as if he has no head. He carries his own head on his person or that of his horse and uses it as a weapon, though he also carries a sword.
In Sleepy Hollow, a Tim Burton film, the Horseman is seen to also be skilled with an axe. Which is why we never see Ichabod Crane ever again.Mythical creature guide
What is the revolutionary war?
The Revolutionary war was a long and important war in America's history that won us this country. The war was between the American and British, and lasted about 8 years, from 1775-1783. There were multiple battles to this war, fought in multiple different places. Two battles were in Massachusetts, one was in Lexington, and one was in Virginia. The battle started mainly because of taxes. The British began to tax the Americans on many British goods such as tea. This upseted us because of the fact everything was free of tax until then.
In April of 1775 British soldiers and minute men both fired in Concord Massachusetts, which was also known as the shot heard around the world. It signaled the start of the American Revolution and led to the creation of a new nation. One of the main causes of the Revolutionary War was taxes. The Americans hated being heavily taxed on many purchased items. This immediately began a boycott of British goods.
When war came upon us in 1775 it seemed clear that the British were going to win. They had a well organized army, they out-numbered the Americans by a vast amount, and their army consisted of many veterans who had fought in previous wars. The Americans had earlier learned guerilla war tactics proving effective in the war. The militiamen attacked quickly, normally behind cover, and were great at escaping. The militiamen wore normal everyday clothing, making it hard to distinguish the rebels from the loyalists. One of the most efficient ways of defeating the British was the participation of different people in different jobs such as ordinary farmers, artisans, or even shopkeepers.
The British had red coats, and were known as the lobster backs because of it. The British had an organized army and marched together into battle in straight rows. The British also had more people than the minute-men, or the Americans, but the Americans had stealth and quickness on their side. They wore normal everyday clothes to trick the British and make it much harder to distinguish who the minutemen were. The British had a much larger empire, hence the reason the Americans were under British rule.
The following timeline shows important events as the exact date it happened and a vague definition of the event
- April 19,1775:Lexington- the first battle of the American Revolutionary War and the battle of Concord
- May 10,1775: battle of fort Ticonderoga, american Revolutionary soldiers take over fort Ticonderoga from the British
- June 17, 1775:battle of Bunker Hill it was the most important battle of the American Revolutionary War , that was fought at Breed's hill.
- January 17, 1781: battle of Cowpens, Daniel Morgan defeated the British
- June 27-28, 1778 battle of Monmouth
- October 7, 1777: battle of Saratoga
the war lasted from 1775 to 1783
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