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American History
On the 20th of October, 1776, the address to the brigade by Jones spoke of many topics of concern. First of all, Jones mentioned that it was their god's wish for them to assemble and fight against the enemies of the righteous folks at the region of Northern Lake George, especially Fort Ticonderoga. These enemies were the British who were believed to be on their way to attack. In the address, it was mentioned that if the people would not gather and defend the area, the citizens of the area would eventually be enslaved and put under circumstances that would not be acceptable. In order to prevent such a situation, the troops were gathered for defense so that eventually, the American people would attain salvation. They were to defend their homeland even though the enemies had no reason to put them in such a situation to begin with. Thus, the gathering of people was willed by god and it was a sign that they had the support of their lord.
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To start with, he explained that the British planned to impose tyrannical rule over the American people and cause the innocent folks harm and rejoice at the problems faced by them. He emphasized on how the enemy was wrong by mentioning that even the citizens of Britain refused to help their leaders in taking over the American land. The social effects were explained in the speech as well that as a whole, by the British, innumerable changes would be brought to the comfortable lives the American people lived. Jones detailed that the wives of the men could possibly be stripped from their comfortable ways of living and made to do immodest actions, the young, unmarried girls put through such torment that they would wish for death, and the innocent children left unsupported with no place to work or play. The goal of the army was thus to prevent such circumstances from occurring.
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