21 Apr 12. While it does no harm to shake water, the 'scientific' explanation for doing so which you have been given is complete poppycock! What happens when you shake water is that it aerates it and small bubbles of air become suspended for a time in the water.
Hopes for a British victory in the war against America are dashed. In the English Parliament, there will soon be calls to bring this long costly war to an end. August 27, 1782 - The last fighting of the Revolutionary War between Americans and British occurs with a skirmish in South Carolina along the Combahee River.
The American victory in this battle is often called the turning point of the Revolutionary War in the South. Battle of Kings Mountain. The American patriot forces defeated a substantial force of Loyalists (Americans who remained loyal to the British king) at Kings Mountain in North Carolina. This greatly contributed to turning the tide of the war which was mostly fought in the South after 1778. How did the French aid the American patriots during the Revolutionary War? At the Battle of Yorktown, the US army, partly supplied by the French, was joined by French regiments, while a French fleet held the British fleet away from Yorktown so that the British army could be defeated. Name the young European volunteer who became a much valued general serving in George Washington's army.