Following the Battle of Bunker Hill in early July of 1775, George Washington takes command of the 17,000 men who lay siege to the city of Boston where General Thomas Gage and his 4,000 regular army troops valiantly hold out. Parliament and representatives of Great Britain no longer listen to the complaints and requests of the colonials and decline to negotiate the issues. Like his fellow members of Congress, Washington is committed to an early end of the conflict. Washington determines that by improving the negotiating position of the American colonists Great Britain will...
Following the Battle of Bunker Hill in early July of 1775, George Washington takes command of the 17,000 men who lay siege to the city of Boston wh...