Nathanael Greene

Examples of Nathanael Greene in the following topics:

• Georgia and South Carolina

  • General Gates was replaced by George Washington's most dependable subordinate, Continental General Nathanael Greene.
  • Greene proceeded to wear down his opponents in a series of operations referred to as the "Race to the Dan", named for the Dan River that flows near the border between North Carolina and Virginia.
  • In the late spring of 1781, Greene led the Siege of Ninety Six in an attempt to secure the village of Ninety Six, South Carolina.
  • Nathanael Greene, supported by 2,600 troops, engaged 2,000 British forces under Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Stewart.
  • Though the tactical victor of the Battle of Eutaw Springs is contested, this engagement so weakened the British that they withdrew to Charleston, where Greene held them for the remaining months of the war.

• Literature and the Depression

  • A contemporaryof Steinbeck, Nathanael West is most famous for two short novels.

• Progressive Government: City and State

  • Blue: Has both initiatives and referendums Yellow: Initiative constitutional amendments only Green: Referendums only Red: Has neither initiatives nor referendums.

• Promoting Peace Abroad

  • Dark Green = original signatories; Green = subsequent adherents; Light Blue = territories of parties; Dark Blue = League of Nations mandates administered by parties.

• The Kellogg-Briand Pact

  • The dark green states are original signatories to the Pact; light green are states that later signed; light blue are territories of states that had signed; and dark blue are League of Nations governed territories.

• Fort Ticonderoga

  • The capture of Fort Ticonderoga occurred in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War when a small force of Green Mountain Boys, led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold, overcame a small British garrison at the fort and looted the personal belongings of the garrison.
  • Arnold departed immediately after receiving his instructions and reached the border between Massachusetts and the Grants, where he learned of the recruitment efforts of the Connecticut Committee and that Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys were already on their way north.

• The War on Terror

  • Major contributors (over 1000 troops) in dark green, other contributors in light green, and former contributors in magenta.

• Territory and Reparations

  • Green - Administered by the League of Nations.

• Archaic Hunters and Gatherers

  • Simple map of subsistence methods in the Americas at 1000 BCE.Key:[Yellow] Mesolithic; hunter-gatherers [Green] Neolithic; simple farming societies[Orange] Tribal chiefdoms or civilizations; complex farming societies

• Treaty of Paris

  • Green represents France, Spain, Russia, Austria, Sweden, and their allies.