Philadelphia Campaign

Examples of Philadelphia Campaign in the following topics:

• Philadelphia and Saratoga

  • The Philadelphia campaign (1777-1778) was a successful British initiative to gain control of Philadelphia, the seat of the Second Continental Congress.
  • British and Revolutionary forces skirmished west of Philadelphia for several days, but on September 26, Howe marched into Philadelphia unopposed.
  • Though Howe successfully captured the Patriot capital, he neglected the concurrent campaign of General John Burgoyne further north.
  • "Residence of Washington in High Street, Philadelphia" by William L.
  • General Howe was supported by Hessian troops as he took Philadelphia.

• The Battle of Gettysburg

  • After his success at Chancellorsville in Virginia in May 1863, Lee began his second invasion of the North—the Gettysburg Campaign.
  • With his army in high spirits, Lee intended to shift the focus of the summer campaign from war-ravaged northern Virginia and hoped to influence Northern politicians to give up their prosecution of the war by penetrating as far as Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, or even Philadelphia.
  • Such a move would upset federal plans for the summer campaigning season and possibly reduce the pressure on the besieged Confederate garrison at Vicksburg.
  • In addition, Lee's 72,000-man army could threaten Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington, and possibly strengthen the growing peace movement in the North.
  • The casualties for both sides during the entire campaign were estimated at 57,225.

• The Revolutionary Army at Valley Forge

  • Following the Battle of White Marsh, the last major engagement of 1777, General George Washington's troops moved to Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 25 miles northwest of Philadelphia, to wait out the winter.
  • Many of Washington's troops lacked proper training, a debilitating weakness in their campaigns.
  • Following France’s entry into the war, British Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton was ordered to leave Philadelphia and move to New York City, which was under threat by the French navy.
  • Philadelphia was evacuated by the British on June 18, 1778.

• The Boston Tea Party

  • Four were bound for Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and Charleston.
  • Activists calling themselves the Sons of Liberty began a campaign to raise awareness and to convince or compel the consignees to resign, in the same way that stamp distributors had been forced to resign in the 1765 Stamp Act crisis.
  • By early December, the Philadelphia consignees had resigned and the tea ship returned to England with its cargo following a confrontation with the ship's captain.
  • The mass meeting passed a resolution, introduced by Adams and based on a similar set of resolutions promulgated earlier in Philadelphia, urging the captain of the Dartmouth to send the ship back without paying the import duty.

• Burgoyne's Army and the Battle of Saratoga

  • Burgoyne's campaign began successfully with the capture of Fort Ticonderoga, but quickly slowed due to logistical problems and harassment by Patriot forces.
  • Howe marched north, achieving victories at Brandywine and Germantown and eventually capturing Philadelphia in late September 1777.
  • By focusing his attack on Philadelphia, Howe left Burgoyne without crucial support, contributing to the British defeat at Saratoga .
  • This map shows the movements of the opposing armies in the Saratoga campaign.

• Conclusion: Populism Resurgent

  • The 2016 Republican National Convention took place from July 18-21, 2016 in Cleveland, Ohio, while the 2016 Democratic National Convention took place from July 25-28, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  • Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders' campaign has stated he will assist in efforts to defeat Trump.
  • In the 1990s and 2000s, the presidential campaigns of third-party billionaire Ross Perot, Green Party and Independent Ralph Nader, and Democrat John Edwards have been identified by the media as running populist campaigns.
  • The 2016 presidential election has seen a wave of populist sentiment in the campaigns of Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump, with both candidates running on anti-establishment platforms in the Democratic and Republican parties, respectively.
  • Both campaigns appeal to economic protectionism and have criticized free trade deals such as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

• Washington's Escape from New York

  • Although Howe was successful in driving Washington out of New York City, he overextended his reach into New Jersey, and ended the active campaign season in January 1777 with only a few outposts near the city.
  • With the campaign at an apparent conclusion for the season, the British established a chain of outposts and entered winter quarters.
  • They controlled much of New York and New Jersey, and were in a good position to resume operations in the spring, with the rebel capital of Philadelphia in striking distance.
  • Map of the New York-New Jersey Campaign during the American Revolution.
  • Map of the New York-New Jersey Campaign during the American Revolution.

• The Election of 1976

  • The presidential primary campaign between the two men was hard-fought and relatively even.
  • One of the advantages Ford held over Carter as the general election campaign began was that, as President, he was privileged to preside over events dealing with the United States Bicentennial.
  • Not until October did Ford leave the White House to actively campaign across the nation.
  • However, as the campaign continued, the race greatly tightened.
  • President Gerald Ford and Democratic nominee Jimmy Carter meet at the Walnut Street Theater in Philadelphia to debate domestic policy during the first of the three Ford-Carter Debates.

• City Government and the "Bosses"

  • Political figures in the larger cities in the United States (Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Kansas City, New York City, Philadelphia, St.
  • Tamman was founded in New York on May 12, 1789, originally as a branch of a wider network of Tammany Societies, the first having been formed in Philadelphia in 1772.
  • Campaigns to topple Tweed by the New York Times and Thomas Nast of Harper's Weekly began to gain traction in the aftermath of the riot, and disgruntled insiders began to leak the details of the scope of the Tweed ring's avarice to the newspapers.

• The Barbary Wars

  • Jefferson led the first campaign, from 1801 to 1805, against pirates' cities in what are today Libya, Tunisia, and Algeria.
  • This painting depicts the USS Philadelphia, previously captured by the Tripolitans, ablaze after she was boarded by Stephen Decatur and 60 men and set afire, making their escape in the ketch Intrepid, depicted in the foreground.