Works Cited The Annual Register or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature, for the Year 1776.

Vol. 19. London: Printed for J. Dodsley, 1776. Web. This source is an electronic excerpt from the Annual Register, which we sprinted in London. It is from the year 1776, and it accounts the affairs that occurred in the United States during 1775. It talked about how Benedict Arnold made a fleet of ships and attacked the British on Lake Champlain. It talked about how he had built the ships, and then sailed them to the lake to meet the British. It was a little confusing to read because the letter 's' was replaced with the letter 'f' a lot. "Birthplace of the U.S. Navy." Birthplace of the U.S. Navy. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Mar. 2013. This article is from a blog that was linked off of the National Archives website. This article talks about the various birthplaces of the Continental Navy. It gives a brief description of all of the places that claim to be the birthplace, and does not give an exact answer about which town has the best claim. This is interesting because it shows that there is no one true birthplace of the Continental Navy, and that all of the towns can claim to be the origin depending on how the birthplace is defined. "Birthplace of the U.S. Navy." Birthplace of the U.S. Navy. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Mar. 2013. This website was mostly about the birth of the Navy. It talks about how Philadelphia can be argued as the birthplace of the navy because hat was where the vote to establish the navy was passed. It also talks about how the other towns that had a significant role in the origin of the navy are recognized. It says that the navy does not have one birthplace, but considers all of these towns its birthplace.

Brodine, Charles. "Navy.mil Home Page." A Look at the Birth of the Continental Navy. N.p., 21 Oct. 2009. Web. 10 Mar. 2013. This article from the United States Navy's website was informative about the origins of the Continental Navy. I found out that the navy almost never occurred, because it was seen as an economic threat. It was also seen as a threat to the morals of the American seamen. Some representatives in Congress believed that the navy would make men selfish and like pirates. Though these arguments were justifiable, they were countered by the argument that an American navy would ruin the morale of the British and create a system to defend the colonies format he British. Clark, George Ramsey, William Oliver Stevens, Carroll Storrs Alden, and Herman F. Krafft. "The Navy in the Revolution." A Short History of the United States Navy,. Philadelphia &: J.B. Lippincott, 1927. N. pag. Web. 24 Mar. 2013. This chapter was useful to me because it talked about the Navy during the Revolutionary period, the timeframe that I am researching. I found this source because I wanted more information about a term used in one of my other sources, and it was very useful. It gave me night about the committes that created the Navy, and it talked about some of the battles that the Navy fought. It talked about he officers of the Navy, and how the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy was court marshaled, and how he had captured Nassau. It also talked about Benedict Arnold's battle on Lake Champlain. It explained how he had lost his fleet, but his actions had delayed the British and allowed for the surrender of Saratoga later in the war. Henry H. Humphreys, Joshua Humphreys, H. Knox, George W. P. Custis and Rt. Smith The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography , Vol. 40, No. 4 (1916),

Pp. 385-411 This source is a scholarly journal from jstor. It had a little more information about the formation of the navy, mostly about a man who was commissioned by the Marine Committee to build ships for the navy. It then says that the first armed ship that belonged to the United States was made in Philadelphia to protect the city. It then talks about after the war when the Navy was being continued, and the ideas that went into forming it. This source was useful in helping me determine a birthplace for the United States Navy. Lossing, Benson J. Our Country. Vol. 2. Whitefish: Kessinger, 2004. N. pag. Web. 10 Mar. 2013. This source is an electronic excerpt from a book, first published in 1877, but republished in 2004. This source was useful in giving information about the battles fought by the Contintental Navy. It told how some of the battles were extremely beneficial to the Americans in the war. One success that was particularly interesting was when an American ship was able to gain supplies for the Continental Army by raiding British stores. This seemed important, because it showed that the navy was important to winning the war, because the Continental Army was not well supplied,and this allowed them to become better supplied. Palmer, Michael A. "History of U.S. Navy - Continental Period." History of U.S. Navy Continental Period. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Mar. 2013. This article on the Naval History and Heritage Command website had a lot of history about the U.S navy. Much of this information was not applicable to my topic, though some of it was. The source states that the Continental Congress was not expecting to have to wage war over the seas, and had expected to have some raids performed on British ships. I had already learned this form the encyclopedia article, but now I

know that it is more likely to be good information. A new piece of information that I learned was that John Paul Jones had lead an attack on the coast of Great Britain. This information was interesting, because it showed that the Americans had not stayed close to home when at sea, and it might have had an effect on the morale of the British when they were attacked by an American ship at their own coast. Unknown. "Excerpt of Journals of Congress: A Navy Established." The American Revolution. Woodbridge, CT: Primary Source Media, 1999. American Journey. U.S. History In Context. Web. 17 Mar. 2013. When reading this source, I realized that there was a lot of information in it that was irrelevant to my topic. This was to be expected though, considering it was an excerpt from a congressional journal. When I found what I needed, it gave me insight into the reason that the navy was first proposed. I learned that the navy was meant more to protect the country, than to attack British ships. It says in the document that the navy was meant to "annoy" the British ships, instead of lead outright attacks against them. This seems interesting because it starts to show that the country was not desperate for a navy to fit in the war, while it did end up being useful. Unknown. "Excerpt of Journals of Congress: Outfitting the Navy." The American Revolution. Woodbridge, CT: Primary Source Media, 1999. American Journey. U.S. History In Context. Web. 17 Mar. 2013. October 3, 1775 This was another excerpt from a congressional journal. This excerpt was mainly about outfitting the Continental Navy, and taking care of the expenses for it. This article was informative about how much congress wanted to spend on a navy, and from this, I

was able to infer how necessary congress thought the navy was. Ths was interesting, because it showed how much the country was being attacked at sea. The excerpt also talked about the committee that was created to be I charge of outfitting the navy, and this was interesting as well.