Transcript of Sybil Ludington: Revolutionary War Heroine By Hannah Dinsbach.
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- Sybil Ludington: Revolutionary War Heroine By Hannah
Dinsbach
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- The Revolutionary War The American Revolution (1775-83) is also
known as the American Revolutionary War The conflict between Great
Britain's 13 North American colonies and the colonial government,
which represented the British crown. Started when British troops
and colonial militiamen in Lexington and Concord in April 1775
kicked off the armed conflict Turned into a war for their
independence. France entered the American Revolution on the side of
the colonists in 1778 After French assistance helped the
Continental Army force the British surrender at Yorktown, Virginia,
in 1779, Americans had effectively won their independence, though
fighting would not formally end until 1783.
http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution
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- Sybil Ludington
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- Who is Sybil? Sybil Ludington is the female counterpart to the
more famous Paul Revere. Sybil Ludington Paul Revere
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- Biography Born in 1761 in Connecticut, Eldest of twelve
children. Dutchess County, New York. Ludingtons father held various
positions within the small town and served in the military for over
sixty years.
http://www.nwhm.org/education-resources/biography/biographies/sibyl-ludington/
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- The Ride of April 26, 1777 Colonel Ludington had to prepare for
battle, so he asked his sixteen-year-old daughter Sybil to ride
through the night, alerting his men of the danger and urging them
to come together to fight back. Ludington rode all night through
the dark woods, covering forty miles, and because of her bravery,
almost the whole regiment was gathered by daybreak to fight the
British.
http://www.nwhm.org/education-resources/biography/biographies/sibyl-ludington/
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