Expanding health coverage to twentysomethings is welcome relief for an age group that accounts for the majority of uninsured Americans. Roughly 30% of young adults up to age 26 have no health insurance at all. That's three times the rate of uninsured children, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.
Introduction. On December 31, 1775, during the American Revolutionary War (1775-83), Patriot forces under Colonel Benedict Arnold (1741-1801) and General Richard Montgomery (1738-75) attempted to capture the British-occupied city of Quebec and with it win support for the American cause in Canada.ntroduction. On December 31, 1775, during the American Revolutionary War (1775-83), Patriot forces under Colonel Benedict Arnold (1741-1801) and General Richard Montgomery (1738-75) attempted to capture the British-occupied city of Quebec and with it win support for the American cause in Canada.
the capture of Fort Ticonderoga. while the militia were camped outside Boston, other patriots captured this British fort on Lake Champlain, acquiring a much-needed cannon; they tried to bring Canada into the war on the American side by mounting a northern campaign, but they were stopped when they contracted smallpox.