William Prescott

(noun)

An American colonel in the Revolutionary War who commanded the rebel forces in the Battle of Bunker Hill.

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  • The Battle of Bunker Hill

    • In response to this intelligence, 1,200 colonial troops under the command of William Prescott stealthily occupied Bunker Hill and Breed's Hill.

  • The War in the North

    • On February 21, Sir George Prevost passed through Prescott on the opposite bank of the river with reinforcements for Upper Canada.
    • Secretary of War William Eustis from office.
    • The British also were decisively defeated by General William Henry Harrison's forces on their retreat toward Niagara at the Battle of the Thames in October 1813.
    • Oliver Hazard Perry's message to William Henry Harrison after the Battle of Lake Erie began with what would become one of the most famous sentences in American military history: "We have met the enemy and they are ours."
    • This 1865 painting by William H.

  • Immigration Restriction League

    • The League disbanded after the death of its president, Prescott F.

  • Heat as Energy Transfer

    • James Prescott Joule (1818–1889) performed many experiments to establish the mechanical equivalent of heat—the work needed to produce the same effects as heat transfer.

  • The Norman Invasion of 1066 CE

    • The Norman conquest of England was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army of Norman, Breton, and French soldiers led by Duke William II of Normandy, later styled William the Conqueror.
    • William's claim to the English throne derived from his familial relationship with the childless Anglo-Saxon King Edward the Confessor, who may have encouraged William's hopes for the throne.
    • The deaths of Tostig and Hardrada at Stamford left William as Harold's only serious opponent.
    • Harold's army confronted William's invaders on October 14 at the Battle of Hastings.
    • William of Jumieges claimed that Harold was killed by William.

  • From Roosevelt to Taft

    • In 1908, Theodore Roosevelt persuaded the Republican Party to nominate William Howard Taft to run against Democratic candidate William Jennings Bryan.
    • The U.S. presidential election of 1908 was between Republican Party candidate William Howard Taft and Democratic nominee William Jennings Bryan.
    • On their side, the Democrats, after badly losing the 1904 election with a conservative candidate, turned to two-time nominee William Jennings Bryan, who had been defeated in 1896 and 1900 by Republican William McKinley.
    • Portrait of William Howard Taft, the Republican Party candidate in the presidential election of 1908.
    • Portrait of William Jennings Bryan, the Democratic Party candidate in the presidential election of 1908.

  • William of Orange and the Grand Alliance

    • Yet to William III France's growing strength made war inevitable.
    • However, before the War of the Spanish Succession was even declared, William died.
    • By the same token, Anne continued William's policies and many leading statesmen of William's later years remained in office, which turned out fundamental to the success of the Grand Alliance in the early stages of the war.
    • King William III of England, portrait by Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1680s, National Galleries, Scotland.
    • Explain William's stake in the War of the Spanish Succession and the goals of the Grand Alliance.

  • The Glorious Revolution

    • The Glorious Revolution was the peaceful overthrow and replacement of King James II with William III and Mary II of England.
    • In February 1689, William and his wife became joint monarchs as William III and Mary II of England .
    • King James was deposed in the Revolution of 1688 by William III.
    • Prince of Orange Landing at Torbay, engraving by William Miller after J M W Turner, 1852
    • William of Orange successfully invaded England with a Dutch fleet in the Glorious Revolution of 1688

  • William the Conqueror's Rule

    • After further military efforts, William was crowned king on Christmas Day 1066 in London.
    • William did not try to integrate his various domains into one empire, but instead continued to administer each part separately.
    • William took over an English government that was more complex than the Norman system.
    • To oversee his expanded domain, William was forced to travel even more than he had as duke.
    • William's lands were divided after his death; Normandy went to his eldest son, Robert, and England to his second surviving son, William.

  • Rhode Island

    • Rhode Island was formed as an English colony by Roger Williams and others fleeing prosecution from Puritans.
    • Williams named the other islands in the Narragansett Bay after virtues: Patience Island, Prudence Island, and Hope Island.
    • Williams wrote favorably about the American Indian peoples, contrasting their virtues with Puritan New England’s intolerance.
    • In 1644, Roger Williams secured a land patent establishing the Incorporation of Providence Plantations in the Narragansett Bay.
    • Engraved print depicting Roger Williams, founder of Rhode Island, meeting with the Narragansett Indians.