So today we are going to focus on the Continental Army and we are situating this very much in the broad history of war and the military. The Continental Army in a lot of ways is different from other armies that have preceded it largely because it is one that is very much based on ideals and certain concepts and beliefs rather than your traditional army. So what is the Continental Army. Where is it . Anyone . America. Okay. Continental army based in america. It will become the First United States Army but before it is the u. S. Army, it is the army of america, yes. But what element of america . Certainly part of the American Revolution. This typically the united colonies. So, when does the Continental Army begin . It is not necessarily with the start of the revolution but we are going to pick up our story at the beginning of the war. Couple classes ago we were talking about the french and indian war. And the french and indian war was a world war that fundamentally altered several differ
Are studying you and your go to [applause] mark thank you for coming. I am mark jacob. Stephen case is to my left. We started studying a couple years ago stephen discovered many years ago the story of Peggy Shippen. She is probably the most dangerous teenage girl in American History. [laughter] mark her husband is much more famous. It is just a story that nobody really knew. In fact, it was poorly understood at the time even, and by the time anyone understood what the story was, no one seemed to care anymore. Peggy was mrs. Benedict arnold, and she liked it that way. She would rather be the victimized wife of a traitor, rather than the real truth, which was a coconspirator to try to bring down the American Revolution, who had full be Founding Fathers and got off scott free which is exactly what she did. More than a century after her death, british papers are finally studied by american scholars. And they find out there is all of this really important circumstantial evidence to indicate
Peggy shippen. She is probably the most dangerous teenage girl in American History. [laughter] her husband is much more famous. It is just a story that nobody really knew. In fact, it was poorly understood at the time even, and by the time anyone understood what the story was, no one seemed to care anymore. Was mrs. Benedict arnold, and she liked it that way. She would rather be the victimized wife of a traitor, rather than the real truth, which was a coconspirator to try to bring down the American Revolution, who had full be Founding Fathers and got off scott free which is exactly what she did. More than a century after her death, british papers are studied by american scholars. And they find out there is all of this really important circumstantial evidence to isicate that Peggy Shippen certainly part of the plot. There is no smoking gun, but there is tons of circumstantial evidence. I think any reasonable person would agree she knew all about it. But she had gotten a pass from histor
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