Mount Defiance Near Fort Ticonderoga, NY
Ticonderoga, New York
Video starts with the Kissing Bridge, a covered bridge in Centennial Park. Also in the park are the Falls of Carillon on the La Chute River. Next it's on to Mount Defiance and a beautiful view of Lake Champlain, the Green Mountains of Vermont and Fort Ticonderoga.
Fort Ticonderoga - Fort Carillon - Cannon Firing - New York - USA
Fort Ticonderoga, formerly Fort Carillon, is a large 18th-century star fort built by the French at a narrows near the south end of Lake Champlain, in northern New York, in the United States. It was constructed by Canadian-born French military engineer Michel Chartier de Lotbinière, Marquis de Lotbinière between October 1755 and 1757, during the action in the North American theater of the Seven Years' War, often referred to in the US as the French and Indian War. The fort was of strategic importance during the 18th-century colonial conflicts between Great Britain and France, and again played an important role during the American Revolutionary War.
The name Ticonderoga comes from the Iroquois word tekontaró:ken, meaning it is at the junction of two waterways.
During the 1758 Battle of Carillon, 4,000 French defenders were able to repel an attack by 16,000 British troops near the fort. In 1759, the British returned and drove a token French garrison from the fort. During the American Revolutionary War, when the British controlled the fort, it was attacked in May 1775 in the Capture of Fort Ticonderoga by the Green Mountain Boys and other state militia under the command of Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold, who captured it in the surprise attack. Cannons taken from the fort were transported to Boston to lift its siege by the British, who evacuated the city in March 1776. The Americans held the fort until June 1777, when British forces under General John Burgoyne occupied high ground above it; the threat resulted in the Continental Army troops being withdrawn from the fort and its surrounding defenses. The only direct attack on the fort during the Revolution took place in September 1777, when John Brown led 500 Americans in an unsuccessful attempt to capture the fort from about 100 British defenders.
The British abandoned the fort after the failure of the Saratoga campaign, and it ceased to be of military value after 1781. After gaining independence, the United States allowed the fort to fall into ruin; local residents stripped it of much of its usable materials. Purchased by a private family in 1820, it became a stop on tourist routes of the area. Early in the 20th century, its private owners restored the fort. A foundation now operates the fort as a tourist attraction, museum, and research center.
Fort Ticonderoga, Upper New York State
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Fort Ticonderoga, formerly Fort Carillon, is a large 18th-century star fort built by the French at a narrows near the south end of Lake Champlain, in northern New York, in the United States.
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Fort Ticonderoga Fall 2018
Create family memories at Fort Ticonderoga through hands-on programs, weapon demos, premier exhibits, beautiful gardens, Mt. Defiance, Carillon Boat cruises and more! One destination, endless adventures!
Star Trek Set - Ticonderoga New York
The Star Trek Original Set Tour is a recreation of the original 1960s set from Studio 9 where the original series was filmed. James Cawley the Star Trek super fan and Elvis Tribute Artist has been working on this over the last twenty years. But it was only opened a couple of years ago as a museum and attraction. They have loads of original props from the show and the feeling you get from being on this set is like being inside the show. I spent a month on the road filming various roadside attraction in 15 states, in 2017 and this one was the best! I recommend you visit this place in Ticonderoga New York. They also have an annual convention called: Trekonderoga!
Flight to Ft. Ticonderoga
From the end of Lake George a 2 mile flight East.
Great Fire of NY 1776 Revealed
Stephen Sindoni reveals the truth about the 1776 Great Fire of NY.
Fort Ticonderoga - Ticonderoga, NY
We visited Fort Ticonderoga in Ticonderoga, NY during a family vacation.
Riot! Yankees versus Buckskins
Join Fort Ticonderoga January 17th, 2015 for Riot! Yankees versus Buckskins. In this living history day, meet the Pennsylvania and Massachusetts soldiers left behind to guard Ticonderoga in the early winter of 1776-1777. Discover what life was like for these different American soldiers when in the confines of winter quarters. Discover the cultural divide between these two regions and ensuing incidents. Were the soldiers of the thirteen United States all that united in 1777?
America: From the Ground Up! Episode 3
Episode 3: World War America
Join Monty as he digs into the archaeology of the forts along the contended border zone between Colonial America and New France that tell the story of the French and Indian War from the ground up.
Fort Montgomery
Some footage I shot at Fort Montgomery last summer.
George Washington | Wikipedia audio article
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George Washington
00:02:30 1 Early years (1732–1752)
00:08:04 2 Early military career (1752–1758)
00:10:14 2.1 French and Indian War
00:17:24 3 Marriage, civilian life and political beginnings (1759–1774)
00:22:38 3.1 American Revolution
00:24:44 4 Revolutionary War (1775–1783)
00:27:40 4.1 Quebec, Boston, and Long Island
00:33:08 4.2 Crossing the Delaware
00:35:52 4.3 Trenton campaign
00:38:53 4.4 Brandywine, Germantown, and Saratoga
00:41:55 4.5 Valley Forge, Monmouth, and Southern campaigns
00:45:59 4.6 Sullivan expedition and Hudson River
00:47:24 4.7 West Point espionage
00:49:33 4.8 Yorktown victory, peace treaty
00:52:43 4.9 Resignation
00:56:00 5 Early republic (1784–1789)
00:56:12 5.1 Military retirement
00:57:04 5.2 Constitutional Convention
00:59:16 5.3 First presidential election
01:00:38 6 Presidency (1789–1797)
01:04:00 6.1 Cabinet and executive departments
01:05:32 6.2 Domestic issues
01:06:56 6.2.1 National Bank
01:08:46 6.2.2 Jefferson–Hamilton feud
01:10:43 6.2.3 Whiskey Rebellion
01:12:49 6.3 Foreign affairs
01:15:03 6.4 Indian affairs
01:18:50 6.5 Second term
01:22:43 6.6 Farewell Address
01:26:02 7 Retirement (1797–1799)
01:28:35 7.1 Final days
01:32:38 8 Burial
01:34:18 9 Personal traits
01:36:19 10 Religion and the Enlightenment
01:40:16 11 Slavery
01:43:35 12 Historical reputation and legacy
01:46:33 12.1 Papers
01:47:18 12.2 Monuments and memorials
01:47:46 12.3 Postage and Currency
01:48:16 13 See also
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George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799) was one of the Founding Fathers and the first President of the United States (1789–1797). He commanded Patriot forces in the new nation's vital American Revolutionary War and led them to victory over the British. Washington also presided at the Constitutional Convention of 1787, which established the new federal government. For his manifold leadership he has been called the Father of His Country.Washington was born to a successful family of planters and slaveholders in colonial Virginia. He had educational opportunities and at age seventeen launched a successful career as a land surveyor. He then became a leader of the Virginia militia in the French and Indian War. During the Revolutionary War he was a delegate to the Continental Congress which unanimously appointed him commander-in-chief of the Army, leading an allied campaign to victory at the Siege of Yorktown which ended the conflict. Once victory was in hand, in 1783 he resigned as commander-in-chief, declining further authority and power out of his devotion to republicanism.
As the country's premier statesman, Washington was unanimously elected President by the Electoral College in the first two national elections. He promoted and oversaw implementation of a strong, well-financed national government, but remained impartial in the fierce rivalry between Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton. When the French Revolution plunged Europe into war, Washington proclaimed a policy of neutrality while sanctioning the controversial Jay Treaty. He set numerous precedents that have endured, such as the cabinet advisory system, the inaugural address, and his acceptance of the Congressional title The President of the United States. His Farewell Address strongly warned against political partisanship, sectionalism, and involvement in foreign wars.
Washington owned slaves throughout his life from age 11, but became increasingly troubled by slavery and freed his slaves in his will. He was a member of the Anglican Church and the Freemasons, and he urged tolerance for all religions in his roles as general and President. Upon his death, he was famously eulogized as first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen. Washington has been widely memorialized by monuments, art, places, stamps, and currency, and he has been consistently ranked by scholars among the four greatest American presidents.
Timeline of the American Revolution
Timeline of the American Revolution — timeline of the political upheaval in the 18th century in which Thirteen Colonies in North America joined together for independence from the British Empire, and after victory in the Revolutionary War combining to form the United States of America.
The American Revolution includes political, social, and military aspects. The Revolutionary era is generally considered to have begun with the passage of the Stamp Act in 1765 and ended with the ratification of the United States Bill of Rights in 1791. The military phase of the Revolution, the American Revolutionary War, lasted from 1775 to 1783.
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George Washington: The Birth of a Nation (1789 - 1797)
So you wanna learn about American History, eh? Whether you are a history buff, or you want to figure out how America got to the screwed up place it's in now, this is the place to start your quest for knowledge! Each chapter will tell the story of one president, and we will start at the beginning, with George Washington, who was every bit as awesome as you may have thought.
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Anthony Wayne
Anthony Wayne was a United States Army officer, statesman, and member of the United States House of Representatives. Wayne adopted a military career at the outset of the American Revolutionary War, where his military exploits and fiery personality quickly earned him promotion to brigadier general and the sobriquet Mad Anthony. He later served as General in Chief of the Army and commanded the Legion of the United States.
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American Revolution Part 2
The American Revolution was a colonial revolt which occurred between 1765 and 1783. The American Patriots in the Thirteen Colonies defeated the British in the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783) with the assistance of France, winning independence from Great Britain and establishing the United States of America.
The American colonials proclaimed no taxation without representation starting with the Stamp Act Congress in 1765. They rejected the authority of the British Parliament to tax them because they had no representatives in that governing body. Protests steadily escalated to the Boston Massacre in 1770 and the burning of the Gaspee in Rhode Island in 1772, followed by the Boston Tea Party in December 1773. The British responded by closing Boston Harbor and enacting a series of punitive laws which effectively rescinded Massachusetts Bay Colony's rights of self-government. The other colonies rallied behind Massachusetts, and a group of American Patriot leaders set up their own government in late 1774 at the Continental Congress to coordinate their resistance of Britain; other colonists retained their allegiance to the Crown and were known as Loyalists or Tories.
Tensions erupted into battle between Patriot militia and British regulars when King George's redcoats attempted to destroy Colonial military supplies at Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775. The conflict then developed into war, during which the Patriots (and later their French allies) fought the British and Loyalists in what became known as the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783). Each of the thirteen colonies formed a Provincial Congress which assumed power from the former colonial governments, suppressed Loyalism, and recruited a Continental Army led by General George Washington. The Continental Congress declared King George a tyrant who trampled the colonists' rights as Englishmen, and they declared the colonies free and independent states on July 2, 1776. The Patriot leadership professed the political philosophies of liberalism and republicanism to reject monarchy and aristocracy, and they proclaimed that all men are created equal.
The Continental Army forced the redcoats out of Boston in March 1776, but that summer the British captured New York City and its strategic harbor, which they held for the duration of the war. The Royal Navy blockaded ports and captured other cities for brief periods, but they failed to destroy Washington's forces. The Patriots attempted to invade Canada during the winter of 1775–76 without success, but they captured a British army at the Battle of Saratoga in October 1777. France entered the war as an ally of the United States with a large army and navy. The war then moved to the Southern states, where Charles Cornwallis captured an army at Charleston, South Carolina in early 1780, but he failed to enlist enough volunteers from Loyalist civilians to take effective control of the territory. Finally, a combined American and French force captured a second British army at Yorktown in the fall of 1781, effectively ending the war. The Treaty of Paris was signed September 3, 1783, formally ending the conflict and confirming the new nation's complete separation from the British Empire. The United States took possession of nearly all the territory east of the Mississippi River and south of the Great Lakes, with the British retaining control of Canada, and Spain taking Florida.
Among the significant results of the revolution was the creation of the United States Constitution, establishing a relatively strong federal national government which included an executive, a national judiciary, and a bicameral Congress representing states in the Senate and the population in the House of Representatives. The Revolution also resulted in the migration of around 60,000 Loyalists to other British territories, especially British North America (Canada).
Round 6 Langley (VA) v. TJHSST B (VA)
2019 NAQT HSNCT, round 6.
Society of the Cincinnati | Wikipedia audio article
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Society of the Cincinnati
00:00:38 1 Origins
00:04:12 1.1 Original members
00:04:23 1.1.1 New Hampshire
00:04:37 1.1.2 Massachusetts
00:05:15 1.1.3 Rhode Island
00:05:42 1.1.4 Connecticut
00:06:11 1.1.5 New York
00:07:01 1.1.6 New Jersey
00:08:49 1.1.7 Pennsylvania
00:09:35 1.1.8 Delaware
00:10:25 1.1.9 Maryland
00:10:49 1.1.10 Virginia
00:11:44 1.1.11 North Carolina
00:13:26 1.1.12 South Carolina
00:13:39 1.1.13 Georgia
00:13:54 1.1.14 France
00:14:27 1.1.15 Sweden
00:14:41 1.1.16 Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
00:14:53 2 Insignia
00:18:02 3 Criticism
00:22:29 4 Later activities
00:22:39 4.1 City development by early members
00:23:50 4.2 Public awareness
00:24:56 4.3 Membership rules
00:25:59 4.4 Cox Book Prize
00:27:38 5 Headquarters
00:29:03 6 Library
00:29:57 7 American Independence Museum
00:31:05 8 Affiliations
00:31:25 9 Notable original members
00:31:35 10 Notable hereditary members
00:31:45 10.1 Military and naval officers
00:31:54 10.2 Government officials
00:32:03 10.3 Others
00:32:11 11 Notable honorary members
00:32:31 11.1 Presidents of the United States
00:33:18 11.2 Nobel Peace Prize recipients
00:33:42 11.3 Nobel Prize for Literature recipient
00:33:56 11.4 Navy officers
00:34:05 11.5 Marine Corps officers
00:34:14 11.6 Army officers
00:34:23 11.7 Government officials
00:34:32 11.8 Civilians
00:34:40 11.9 Foreigners
00:34:48 12 See also
00:35:15 13 Notes
00:35:24 14 Bibliography
00:37:57 15 External links
Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
Learning by listening is a great way to:
- increases imagination and understanding
- improves your listening skills
- improves your own spoken accent
- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain
Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone.
You can find other Wikipedia audio articles too at:
You can upload your own Wikipedia articles through:
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
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The Society of the Cincinnati is a hereditary society with branches in the United States and France, founded in 1783, to preserve the ideals and fellowship of officers of the Continental Army who served in the Revolutionary War. Now in its third century, the Society promotes the public interest in the revolution through its library and museum collections, publications, and other activities. It is the oldest hereditary society in the United States. The Society does not allow women to join, though there is a partnership society called Daughters of the Cincinnati which permits all female descendants of Continental officers.