Geography in Action

​Geography in Action

How geography shapes events in history

​Geography Explains History

Throughout the world's history, not just here in America, we can use geography to explain a lot of events that happened. Geography, along with weather and climate, is just as impactful on history as the events of the people who were a part of it!

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​Geography of the New World

Let's take a look back at when North America was still the "New World."

There's a reason the British Colonies stopped where they are - they couldn't get past the Appalachian Mountains!

We're here!

​The Appalachian Mountains formed a natural border for the British. The French settled everywhere west of the Appalachian Mountains because they came down from the north!

​The British colonies would go on to become the United States of America (USA), and geography played a huge role in this happening!

​The British struggled to maintain control from so far away, and the American colonists hated being controlled from so far away, too!

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​Geography During Revolution

During the Revolutionary War, Valley Forge in Pennsylvania served as a large military camp that helped train soldiers.
Here, George Washington trained his soldiers that would go on to win the Revolutionary War!

Today, Valley Forge is a national park!

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Valley Forge
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​"Naked and starving as they are we cannot enough admire the incomparable patience and fidelity of the soldiery"

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​Geography During Revolution

Picture this:

A harsh winter is among you and you have little food, not many trained men, and you're going to fight a world superpower - scary!

What could be happening in this picture? How is geography involved?

​How is this painting and small graphic tied together?

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​Geography During Revolution

Maybe the most famous illustration of the time, but here we have geography playing a key role again!

December 25, 1776, George Washington and his men crossed the icy Delaware River to surprise attack the British and win an early important battle in the Revolutionary War.

​"Washington Crossing the Delaware"
This painting is of the historic crossing! Perfectly named!

​Time to dive a bit deeper into Valley Forge and how Washington used this camp to win the war!

Valley Forge Practice

​The most famous painting of the era now to be explained by you!

​​Crossing the Delaware