How the Irish Won the American Revolution: A New Look at the

How the Irish Won the American Revolution: A New Look at the Forgotten Heroes of America's War of Independence

When the Continental Congress decided to declare independence from the British empire in 1776, ten percent of the population of their fledgling country were from Ireland. By 1790, close to 500,000 Irish citizens had immigrated to America. They were was very active in the American Revolution, both on the battlefields and off, and yet their stories are not well known. The important contributions of the Irish on military, political, and economic levels have been long overlooked and ignored by generations of historians. However, new evidence has revealed that Washingtonâ€™s Continental Army consisted of a far larger percentage of Irish soldiers than previously thoughtÂ—between 40 and 50 percentÂ—who fought during some of the most important battles of the American Revolution.

Romanticized versions of this historical period tend to focus on the upper class figures that had the biggest roles in Americaâ€™s struggle for liberty. But these adaptations neglect the impact of European and Irish ideals as well as citizens on the formation of the revolution. Irish contributors such as John Barry, the coloniesâ€™ foremost naval officer; Henry Knox, an artillery officer and future Secretary of War; Richard Montgomery, Americaâ€™s first war hero and martyr; and Charles Thomson, a radical organizer and Secretary to the Continental Congress were all instrumental in carrying out the vision for a free country. Without their timely and disproportionate assistance, America almost certainly would have lost the desperate fight for its existence.

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Country	USA
Author	Phillip Thomas Tucker
Binding	Hardcover
Brand	SKYHORSE
EAN	9781634503815
Genre	HISTORY
ISBN	1634503813
Label	Skyhorse
Manufacturer	Skyhorse
MPN	Illustrated
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	408
PartNumber	Illustrated
PublicationDate	2015-10-13
Publisher	Skyhorse
ReleaseDate	2015-10-13
Studio	Skyhorse

How the Irish Won the American Revolution: A New Look at the Forgotten Heroes of America's War of Independence

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