EMERGENCE OF USA
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND ITS IMPACT
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Green Mountain Boys.
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Vermont Boys
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Minutemen
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Hessians
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Detailed explanation-1: -Reorganized despite an ongoing conflict with New York over jurisdiction, the Green Mountain Boys took the field against General John Burgoyne in 1777, playing central roles at the battles of Hubbardton and Bennington.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Green Mountain Boys were established in the 1760s as an independent militia organization, gathered together by Ethan Allen and members of his extended family.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Green Mountain Boys went on to play pivotal military roles in the independence of Vermont and America’s revolutionary cause. Image: A Green Mountain Boys regiment was authorized by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1775, and became part of the Northern Army.
Detailed explanation-4: -They started by naming themselves the “New Hampshire Men, ” but soon in one of the papers they were refferred to as the “Green Mountain Boys, ” and that name stuck.