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SweetFreedom Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
He helped man the cannons?
Does "he helped man the cannons" mean "he helped to equip the cannons/artillery guns with military staff"?
Background info:
He was a colonial leader in the Revolutionary war.
Adams served in the first and second Continental Congresses. He nominated Virginian George Washington to command the troops around Boston (the beginning of the Continental Army). He seconded the resolution on independence and headed the committee that drafted the Declaration of Independence (Thomas Jefferson did most of the writing). In 1778 he sailed to France to become the American envoy to France. During this voyage, he helped man the cannons during a battle to capture a British merchant ship (this was his only combat role during the war). He returned home and drafted the Massachusetts Constitution in 1779. Later that year he returned to France as the head of the American negotiating committee to arrange peace with Britain. He signed the Treaty of Paris on September 3, 1783.
Background info:
What did John Adams do in the Revolutionary War?
He was a colonial leader in the Revolutionary war.
Adams served in the first and second Continental Congresses. He nominated Virginian George Washington to command the troops around Boston (the beginning of the Continental Army). He seconded the resolution on independence and headed the committee that drafted the Declaration of Independence (Thomas Jefferson did most of the writing). In 1778 he sailed to France to become the American envoy to France. During this voyage, he helped man the cannons during a battle to capture a British merchant ship (this was his only combat role during the war). He returned home and drafted the Massachusetts Constitution in 1779. Later that year he returned to France as the head of the American negotiating committee to arrange peace with Britain. He signed the Treaty of Paris on September 3, 1783.
Top answer
Here it means he helped operate the cannons during the battle. He acted as part of the gun crew.
- Here it means he helped operate the cannons during the battle.
- He acted as part of the gun crew.
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Here it means he helped operate the cannons during the battle. He acted as part of the gun crew.
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Would anyone like to talk more about the cannon battle and about John Adams in it?
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