American Revolution
This painting completed in 1786 by John Trumbull shows the death of General Warren at The Battle of Bunker Hill which truly took place at Breed's Hill. General Warren was a Massachusetts politician who became revolutionary leader. Bunker Hill was the first major victory by the revolutionaries against the British. Once the colonists had taken the hill overlooking Boston, the British sustained heavy losses and only retook the Hill once the colonists ran out of gun powder. The battle itself marks one of the first times that the Colonists led a full offense and took land in an organized group. It changed the British perspective of the Colonists from unorganized rebels to a pressing threat.
With rising tensions between the revolutionaries and regulars, the British sent out at night to take back stores of weapons from concord. The colonists caught wind of the advance by the regulars and a group around 100 rebels lined up in Lexington. After many drinks the Red Coats finally showed up, and the drunk colonists all lined up on the Lexington Green. In the first standoff of the revolution, the colonists, without any plan, attempted to stop the hundreds of Regulars towards concord. A shot was heard from somewhere and both sides broke into gunfire. The colonists lost badly and they quickly scramble in all directions. The battle marked the first time that the colonists grouped together with arms against the British. This created a permanent divide between the colonists and the regulars that stayed throughout the war. The fact that the colonists also gathered on the green shows the rebellious thought that was imbedded in the revolutionist minds and that a full revolution was on the horizon.
Once the Regulars arrived in concord a sizable force of rebels had congregated across the old north bridge. In a misunderstanding the that Regulars were burning Concord, a gunfight began between the Colonists and the Regulars. The Old North Bridge was the crossing point that the British had to take to get to the other side and the battle surrounded the bridge. This painting shows the gunfight that occurred at the Battle of Concord, where some historians argue that was the location for the 'shot heard around the world' that signified the beginning of the revolutionary war. The battle led to complete lost of trust in the colonists as the regulars who were helping citizens of Concord put out a fire were attacked by rebels.
This is another famous painting of the drafting of the Declaration of Independence by John Trumbull. The Declaration was the creation of a physical representation of the demands of the Revolutionists. Carefully drafted the Declaration was an idea that not only showed the world the reasons and goal of the colonists, but also could unite the revolutionists behind a common idea. It also showed the British how serious the colonists were about freedom.
Painted by John Trumbull, who was present during the Battle of Yorktown, this paining shows the united forces of France and American troops. The French who sent near 6,000 soldiers to help in the revolutionary war. This image depicts the end of the Revolutionary war with colonial General Benjamin Lincoln on a white stallion. The Battle of Yorktown was won by colonists forces with the help of French ships and together they forced British General Cornwallis to surrender to the Americans.