THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
AMERICAN REVOLUTION SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT
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“Don’t use any of your gunpowder until they’re really, really close, so you won’t miss.”
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Don’t shoot if their eyes are yellow and jaundiced
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Don’t shoot unless you know for sure they aren’t the French.
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Don’t fire unless you know they are awake, alert, and ready to fight.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Don’t react to a situation too early. This saying comes from an order allegedly given by American officer William Prescott at the Battle of Bunker Hill in the American Revolutionary War.
Detailed explanation-2: -Prescott is credited with uttering, “Do not fire until you see the whites of their eyes", so that the colonial troops could shoot more accurately and so conserve their limited stocks of ammunition.
Detailed explanation-3: -June 17, 1775: Battle of Bunker Hill-This battle was taken place in Charlestown, Boston. The American army had control of bunker hill, as the British forces came closer the famous quote “Don’t shoot till you see the whites of their eyes” was said. This was an order in hope to save the ammunition supply .
Detailed explanation-4: -Prescott is known for his order to his soldiers, “Do not fire until you see the whites of their eyes", such that the rebel troops may shoot at the enemy at shorter ranges, and therefore more accurately and lethally, and so conserve their limited stocks of ammunition.