The American Revolution

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The American Revolution

• 1775 1783
• From Paul Revere to the
• Treaty of Paris

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Bibliography

• Patriots A Simulation of the American
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• Build Our Nation. 2000.
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  r.homestead.com
• George Rogers Clark. http//www.kdla.ky.gov

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Paul Reveres Ride p. 1 of 2

• Date April 18, 1775
• Who Paul Revere, William Dawes,
• Dr. Samuel Prescott
• Famous Silversmith, Paul Revere, rode through the
  New England countryside from Boston to Lexington
  to warn the American colonists that the British
  were coming. He didnt actually

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Paul Reveres Ride p. 2 of 2

• reach his destination because he was captured by
  British Redcoats, but one of his companions, Dr.
  Samuel Prescott, got the message through.
• When the British arrived in Lexington, the
  American militia was ready.
• Famous line The Regulars are coming!

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The Battle of Lexington p. 1 of 2

• Date April 19, 1775
• In the Spring of 1775, British spies sent word to
  General Gage that the Minutemen were collecting
  weapons and storing them in Concord, a town about
  17 miles northwest of Boston. On April 18, Gage
  prepared to send about 800 soldiers to seize the
  weapons. They left Boston at dawn on April 19th.

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Battle of Lexington p. 2 of 2

• The two armies met on the Lexington Green
• (an open area in the middle of town). The battle
  that followed was hardly a battle at all. Sixty
  minutemen faced about 250 of the best-trained
  soldiers in the world. No one knows who fired
  first, but when the firing had stopped, eight
  colonists lay dead.
• Slogan The shot heard round the world!

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Battle of Concord p. 1 of 2

• April 19, 1775 right after the Battle of
  Lexington
• After a victory cheer, the British marched on to
  Concord. Some soldiers were sent to secure the
  bridges others set out to destroy the supply of
  weapons. They never found the weapons.
• Instead they ran into about 500 Minutemen. The
  two sides fought, and three British soldiers and
  two Minutemen were killed.
• While the British were deciding what to do next,

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Battle of Concord p. 2 of 2

• --retreat or wait for more men word spread
  fast. Bells rang, alarm guns were fired, and
  riders thundered along country roads, spreading
  the word. Thousands of Patriots headed toward
  Concord.
• The British finally decided to march back to
  Boston. For most of the 17-mile march, Minutemen
  shot at them from behind trees and stone walls.
  By the time the British troops staggered into
  Charlestown, they were beaten, bloody, and
  exhausted.

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Battle of Ft. Ticonderoga p. 1 of 2

• May 10, 1775
• Who Ethan Allen the Green Mountain Boys
• Ft. Ticonderoga is a New York fort on the western
  shore of Lake Champlain that was originally a
  French fort, called Carillon, that was seized by
  the British in the French Indian War.
• This fort was captured on May 10th by the
  Americans in their first official victory of
  the American Revolutionary War. The fort wasnt
  garrisoned well, but still held a stock of
  British weapons.

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Ft. Ticonderoga p. 2 of 2

• Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys, along
  with Benedict Arnold, captured the fort on May
  10, 1775. The capture stalled a planned British
  invasion from Canada and also helped the American
  troops to invade Canada themselves.
• The British recaptured this fort in 1777, but
  abandoned it in 1780.

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The 2nd Continental Congress p. 1 of 2

• When May of 1775
• Where Philadelphia, PA
• The Second Continental Congress met in 1775, when
  the Revolutionary War had started. Things were
  going badly, and the armed forces were
  disorganized. The Continental Congress created
  the Continental Army and named George Washington
  as commander-in-chief.

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The 2nd Continental Congressp. 2 of 2

• The Congress continued through the summer.
• Some of the delegates included John Hancock, John
  Adams, and Samuel Adams from Massachusetts.
  Benjamin Franklin was a delegate from
  Pennsylvania. George Washington, Richard Henry
  Lee, and Patrick Henry came from Virginia.

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The Battle of Bunker Hill(fought on Breeds
Hill) p. 1 of 7

• Date June 16, 1775
• Charlestown across the Charles River from
  Boston (check out the map on p. 269 in the red
  book)
• This was a two-day engagement between British
  forces under the command of General William Howe
  and the American forces under Colonel William
  Prescott.

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Battle of Bunker Hill p. 2 of 7

• Two hills, Bunker Hill Breeds Hill, were
  located on a peninsula in Charlestown, near
  Boston. The Patriots had surrounded Boston on
  every side except Charlestown, so they decided to
  fortify, or strengthen, this peninsula.
• One the night of June 16, one thousand Minutemen
  marched in the dark to Bunker Hill. Their
  commander, Colonel William Prescott, decided at
  the last minute to fortify nearby Breeds Hill
  instead, because it was closer to Boston.

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Battle of Bunker Hill p. 3 of 7

• The next morning the British saw what the
  colonists were up to on Breeds Hill. They
  ordered their warships to begin bombarding the
  hill with cannons. At the same time, they
  ferried thousands of soldiers across the river to
  form battle ranks at the base of the hill.
• While they watched and waited, the Americans
  tried to control their fear. They kept repeating
  to themselves the order Colonel Prescott had
  given them Dont one of you fire until you see
  the whites of their eyes.

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Battle of Bunker Hill p. 4 of 7

• When the order finally came to shoot, the
  Patriots fire sent the line of British soldiers
  reeling. One British soldier who survived the
  battle later wrote that such a slaughter was,
  perhaps, never made upon British troops.
• The British, with many soldiers killed or
  wounded, were forced to retreat. Within minutes
  they launched a second attack against the hill.

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Battle of Bunker Hill p. 5 of 7

• The Patriots beat them back a second time!
• The British general sent his men up the hill a
  third time. Once again, the Patriots pushed back
  the British front line. But the soldiers kept
  moving forward until the Patriots finally ran out
  of ammunition. Thats when the British charged
  with their bayonets, forcing the Patriots to give
  up the hill and flee to higher ground. By the
  end of the day, the British had taken over the
  Charlestown peninsula.

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Battle of Bunker Hill p. 6 of 7

• Most of the fighting took place on Breeds Hill,
  but the battle became known as the Battle of
  Bunker Hill. Though it was a victory of sorts
  for the British, it cost them. British
  casualties were much higher than Patriot
  casualties.
• Start of Battle Patriots 1,500 soldiers
• British 2,225 soldiers
• Casualties Patriots500 British1,025

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Battle of Bunker Hill p. 7 of 7

• Although they lost Breeds Hill and Bunker Hill,
  the Americans were joyful. They had stood up to
  the greatest army of the world!

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George Washington takes Command

• July 3, 1775
• Cambridge, Massachussetts
• George Washington takes command of the
  Continental Army which now has about 17,000 men.

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The Olive Branch Petition

• July 5, 1775 (after the Battle of Bunker Hill)
• Congress voted to sign King George III a petition
  (a written request signed by many people). This
  one was called the Olive Branch Petition (an
  olive branch is a sign of peace).
• The Congress begged King George III to bring
  about a happy and permanent reconciliation.
  The King refused, calling the colonists rebels.

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Necessity of Taking up Arms

• July 6, 1775
• Congress, meeting in Philadelphia, issues a
  declaration that explain the causes and necessity
  of Patriots taking up arms (going to war).

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1st Post Office

• July 26, 1775
• An American Post Office is established with Ben
  Franklin as Postmaster General.

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Montgomery captures Montreal p. 1 of 2

• November 13, 1775
• General Richard Montgomery led American troops in
  the capture of Montreal. Montgomery then ordered
  General Benedict Arnold to capture the Canadian
  city of Quebec. Their presence in Canada,
  however, was not long lasting.

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Canadian Invasion p. 2 of 2

• To reach Canada, Arnold led his 700 men through
  the harsh Maine wilderness. After joining forces
  with Montgomery, the Americans attacked Quebec.
  Montgomery was killed during their attempt to
  capture the city. Arnold was severely wounded,
  retreated to Ft. Ticonderoga in New York.
• Americaslibrary.gov

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An American Navy and ..

• November 28, 1775
• Congress establishes the American Navy.
• The next day Congress appoints a secret committee
  to seek help from European nations.

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The Colonies are closed to commerce France may

• December 23, 1775
• King George III issues a royal proclamation that
  officially closes the American colonies to
• commerce and trade. This closure was to take
  place in March of 1776. Britain would no longer
  sell goods to the colonies.
• In December Congress is informed that France may
  offer support in the war against Britain.

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Common Sense

• January 15, 1776
• Thomas Paine, an Englishman who recently arrived
  in the colonies published a pamphlet that
  persuaded many colonists to become Patriots.
• Paine wrote that independence from Britain was
  the only true way to prevent Britain from abusing
  the colonists rights.
• Sold over 100,000 copies in three months

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Moores Creek, New Providence, Boston

• February 27th Patriots triumph at Moores Creek
  in North Carolina.
• March 3rd The Continental Naval fleet captures
  New Providence Island in the Bahamas.
• March 17th The British evacuate Boston.

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Should we be independent?

• June 7th Richard Henry Lee of Virginia asked
  Congress to vote for independence. Before
  voting, Congress decided to draft a declaration
  telling why the colonies wanted to be free from
  British rule. Congress appointed a committee to
  write it. The committee members were John
  Adams, Ben Franklin, Robert Livingston, Roger
  Sherman, and Thomas Jefferson.
• June 28th Britain defends Ft. Moultrie, SC.

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Yes, we are free! P. 1 of 2

• July 4, 1776 The Declaration of Independence
  was officially approved by Congress.
• Two months later, on August 2nd, the document
  signers gathered in silence. They knew this
  would make them traitors, which was a hangable
  offense.

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Freedom p. 2 of 2

• Hancock said, There must be no pulling different
  ways. We must all hang together.
• Franklin responded, Yes, we must indeed all hang
  together, or most assuredly we shall all hang
  separately.
• Abigail Adams wrote to her husband asking for
  equality for women. This was not included.

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Battle of Long Island and.. P. 1 of 2

• August 27-30, 1776
• With the arrival of 30,000 British troops in New
  York harbor the British win the Battle of Long
  Island (Battle of Brooklyn).
• September 15th British win the Battle of Harlem
  Heights.
• October 11th Benedict Arnold was defeated at
  Lake Champlain.

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Long Island andP. 2 of 2

• October 28th Americans retreat at the Battle of
  White Plains, New York. Washington writes his
  brother the game is pretty near up.
• November 16th British capture Ft. Washington in
  New York and Ft. Lee in
• New Jersey.
• December 6th The naval base at Newport, Rhode
  Island is captured by British.

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The Battle of Trenton 12/26/1776

• During the winter, both armies generally retired
  into winter quarters. Washington knew that he
  desperately needed a victory to show the American
  people that the cause was not lost. On Christmas
  night, 1776, he led his freezing army across the
  ice filled Delaware River and struck the Hessian
  (German soldiers who fought for the British for
  pay mercenaries)
• garrison at Trenton, New Jersey. Surprised
  by the morning assault, over 1000 Hessian troops
  surrendered.

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Battle of PrincetonJanuary 3, 1777

• Encouraged by his success at Trenton, Washington
  struck and scattered a British force on January
  3, 1777, near Princeton.
• This forced the retreat of the British Army from
  New Jersey to New York. Washington successfully
  demonstrated that the war was not hopeless and
  gave the young nation a will to resist.

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Winter Plans

• January 6 through May 28, 1777
• Throughout the long winter of 1776-1777
  both sides rested their armies and plotted
  strategy for the spring campaigns. The British
  decide to attack on two fronts. One army would
  move to capture Philadelphia, Americas largest
  city, while another army would follow the Hudson
  River north from New York City, past Albany,
  isolating New England. This strategy was a
  disaster for the Redcoats.

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Brandywine More. P. 1 of 3

• 6/14 Flag Resolution was passed. Flag designed
  by Hopkinson, likely sewn by Betsy Ross
• -7/5 St. Clair surrenders Ft. Ticonderoga to
  the British.
• -7/27 Marquis de Lafayette, a French officer,
  arrived in Philadelphia to help Washington.
• -8/6 Americans defeat the British at Ft.
  Stanwix, in the Mohawk Valley in Oriskany, NY
• -8/25 British General Howe lands at Head of
  Elk, Maryland, replacing General Thomas Gage.

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Brandywine Morep. 2 of 3

• 9/11 American troops under General Washington
  tried to stop British troops under Generals Howe
  and Cornwallis from reaching Philadelphia, the
  temporary American capital. Howes 18,000
  British troops were more than enough for the
  11,000 Americans, who backtracked to Chester,
  leaving Philadelphia dangerously exposed. The
  British occupied the capital and then pressed on
  to Brandywine.

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Brandywine More. P. 3 of 3

• 9/16 Battle at the Clouds, Pennsylvania was
  rained out.
• 9/19 General Burgoyne was stopped by Americans,
  led by Horatio Gates, at Freemans Farm, NY.
• 9/26 British, under Gen. Howe occupy
  Philadelphia.

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Battle of Germantown

• 10/4/77 After the British won at Brandywine,
  they camped at Germantown, PA, a city nearby.
  American Generals Washington and Nathaniel Greene
  marched on Germantown from different directions.
  The resulting battle caused the British to fall
  back, but American attempts to finish off a bunch
  of Redcoats hiding in a house resulted in more
  American casualties than British. Though a
  British victory, it was an American win of sorts.

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Turning Point at Saratoga p. 1 of 2

• 10/7 Burgoyne loses a 2nd battle of Freemans
  Farm, NY
• 10/17 Burgoyne surrenders to American General
  Gates at Saratoga. It was the turning point in
  the war in that this victory convinced France to
  enter the war on side of the Americans. There
  was a 3-pronged attack. Burgoyne came from the
  south. He met at Albany, NY with Generals St.
  Leger Howe.
• St. Leger was to move east from Ft. Oswego, on
  Lake Ontario and Howe was to march north from
  Virginia. Burgoyne thought this was a brilliant
  plan!

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Turning Point of Saratoga p. 2 o 2f

• Burgoyne hoped to crush the northern army.
  Trouble was, it didnt work.
• Howe never got the message. He went to
  Philadelphia instead. Burgoyne was stopped by
  Gen. Benedict Arnold at Saratoga. St. Leger made
  it to Albany, and had it all to himself.
• At the Battle of Saratoga (which was actually a
  few battles), Burgoyne surrended almost his
  entire army (6,000 soldiers) to Gen. Horatio
  Gates on 10/17/77. French money and supplies
  began to come to America!

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Valley Forge p. 1 of 2

• December 1777 through June 1778
• Gen. Washington led his army into winter quarters
  at Valley Forge, PA. The winter proved to be an
  ordeal for the Continental Army, and only the
  determined will of Gen. Washington kept the army
  together. While enduring brutal cold, many
  soldiers lacked food, clothing, and even shoes.
• General Washington wrote to Congress, You might
  have tracked the armyto Valley Forge by the
  blood of their feet. One soldier wrote that his
  meal at Thanksgiving was a leg of nothing and no
  turnips. Sickness and starvation claimed over
  2,500 lives. Many, worried about their families
  and unable to endure more, deserted and went
  home.

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Valley Forge p. 2 of 2

• But even as the soldiers shivered in their log
  huts and endured incredible privations, Baron
  Friedrich von Steuben arrived from Prussia
  (Germany). His new drill technique simplified
  the complicated maneuvers soldiers must learn and
  turned the ragtag American army into a much more
  efficient fighting force.
• By late winter, better supply methods brought
  food and clothing. Though weakened by its
  ordeal, by the spring the newly organized
  Continental Army was ready to take the war to the
  British.

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May 1777 through 1779Clarks campaign in the
Northwest p. 1 of 2

• In the beginning the war was fought mainly in the
  Northeast. Then it began to spread to the West,
  to the Spanish territories in the Southwest, and
  to the South. In each place, heroes sprang up to
  fight for the Patriot cause.
• One of those heroes was George Rogers Clark. He
  and a small band of riflemen set out to take the
  Ohio River Valley away from the British and their
  Native American allies. With fewer than 200 men,
  Clark captured three forts in the summer of 1778.
  During the winter, Clark captured Ft. Vincennes
  on the Wabash River. He had only about 150 men
  left. Cold and hungry they marched 180 miles
  through flooded lands to reach the fort. Taking
  the British troops by surprise, Clark forced them
  to surrender.

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Clark and some others p. 2 of 2

• On June 21, 1779 Spain formally declared war on
  Great Britain. Bernardo de Galvez, governor of
  the Spanish territory of Louisiana, gathered in
  New Orleans an army of militia, Native Americans,
  African Americans, and other volunteers. They
  successfully attacked the British at Pensacola,
  Natchez, and Baton Rouge. These victories opened
  up the Mississippi River to American ships.

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Monmouth more battles p. 1 of 2

• 6/28 Washington fights to a draw at Monmouth
  Court House. Americans coming from Valley Forge
  wanted to stop the British advance from
  Philadelphia to New York. The heat was terrible.
  Exhausted, both sides stopped fighting. Under
  cover of darkness, the British slipped away.
  This battle saw the deeds of Mary Hays McCauly,
  better known as Molly Pitcher.

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Monmouth More p. 2 of 2

• 7/4 Clark captures Kaskaskia near Detroit.
• 8/8 French and American forces besiege Newport,
  RI.
• 12/29 British occupy Savannah, Georgia
• 1779
• 2/14 Militia beat Tories at Kettle Creek, North
  Carolina
• 2/25 Clark captures Ft. Vincennes
• 7/8 Fairfield, Connecticut was burned by the
  British
• 7/11 Norwalk, CT was burned by the British
• 7/15-16 Americans capture Stony Point, NY

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John Paul Jones The War at Sea p. 1 of 2

• 9/23/1779 In 1775 Britains mighty fleet ruled
  the seas. The Patriots regular navy was mostly
  ineffective, and ships were either captured or
  sunk by the powerful British warships. The
  Americans enjoyed one key advantage the British
  had to carry every bullet, jacket, and cracker
  across the wide Atlantic. The British merchant
  fleet carrying these supplies was vulnerable to
  American attack by hundreds of small, quick ships
  called privateers (private vessels fitted out
  with cannons). Privateers were fairly successful
  in interrupting British supply lines.

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John Paul Jones the War at Sea p. 2 of 2

• In one famous and inspiring naval battle,
  American ship Captain John Paul Jones with his
  ship the Bon Homme Richard, won a fierce battle
  against the British ship Serapis off the English
  coast.
• Though the American naval victories were few and
  far between, brave Captains such as Jones gave
  the new nation a needed boost. John Paul Jones
  is generally regarded as the founder of the
  United States Navy.

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Lots more battles Many in the South West

• 9/28 No Flint Grey kills 30 Americans by
  bayonet. This became known as the Tappan
  Massacre.
• 10/9 Americans attempt to recapture Savannah,
  Georgia. They fail.
• Winter 1779-1780 Coldest winter of the war
  Washington camps at Morristown, New Jersey.
• 1780
• 5/12 British capture Charleston, South Carolina
• 5/29 British crush Americans at Waxhaw Creek,
  SC
• 6/20 Patriots rout Tories at Ramseurs Mill,
  North Carolina
• 7/11 French troops arrive at Newport, RI, to
  aid the American cause.
• 8/6 Patriots defeat Tories at Hanging Rock, SC

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Battle of Camden

• 8/16/1780 The British won at Camden, SC.
• British forces under General Charles
  Cornwallis routed the American troops under
  General Horatio Gates. The American troops
  actually outnumbered the British troops, but
  discipline prevailed. Gates himself actually
  fled the field and never commanded another army.
• The victory was important because it solidified
  Britains hold on South Carolina, a move made to
  split the American colonies in half, North and
  South. Britain kept a tight hold on South
  Carolina until January 17, 1781 (Cowpens).

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Benedict Arnold Commits Treason

• September 25, 1780
• General Benedict was a brilliant Patriot who won
  several battles against the British. He won at
  Lake Champlain and helped Ethan Allen take Ft.
  Ticonderoga. He played a major part in the
  American victory at Saratoga.
• Yet, he joined the British and tried to help them
  win the war. He had planned to deliver his own
  keys to West Point, the site of the US Army, to
  Britains Major John Andre. Andre was captured
  and hanged. Arnold escaped and actually
  commanded British troops later in the war. He
  did in Britain, unrecognized and alone.

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Kings Mountain to Cowpens p. 1 of 2

• 10/7 The Battle at Kings Mountain, SC lasted
  65 minutes. American troops led by Isaac Shelby
  and John Sevier defeated Major Patrick Ferguson
  and one-third of General Cornwalliss army.
• 10/14 Washington names Nathaniel Greene as
  commander of the Southern Army.
• 1781
• 1/1 Unpaid soldiers in Pennsylvania mutinied.
• 1/17 Battle of Cowpens This was a decisive
  battle that turned the tide of the war in the
  South. American forces under Nathanael Greene
  met British forces under the command of General
  Cornwallis near some cowpens in South Carolina.
  Outnumbered and ill-prepared, the Americans

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Kings Mountain to Cowpens p. 2 of 2

• Nontheless won the day with a fierce bayonet
  charge that resulted in a mass surrender.
• This victory convinced Cornwallis to look
  northward, a decision that would ultimately lead
  him to Yorktown and ..

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The Articles of Confederation

• March 2, 1781
• These articles were a document (later replaced by
  our Constitution) that outlined the format the
  government would follow after the Revolutionary
  War.
• The focus was on state governments, which had
  tremendous power. This form of government proved
  unequal to the task of governing the 13 states,
  mainly because 9 of the 13 had to agree to get
  anything done.
• The result of this failure was the Constitutional
  Convention.

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Battle at Guilford Court House

• 3/15/1781 This was a British victory, but
  together with the loss at Cowpens, it weakened
  the British forces in the South.
• General Charles Cornwallis, commander of the
  British southern forces, decided to abandon North
  and South Carolina and march to Virginia.

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More Battles

• 6/6/81 Americans recapture Augusta, Georgia
• 6/18 British hold off Americans at Ninety-Six,
  South Carolina
• 7/6 Mad Anthony Wayne American General was
  repulsed (pushed back) at Green Farms, Virgina
• 9/8 Nathanael Greene defeated at Eutaw Springs,
  SC
• 9/15 French fleet drove British naval forces
  from Chesapeake Bay.

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Victory At YorktownOctober 19, 1781 p. 1 of 2

• Washingtons army was now generally well fed,
  adequately armed, and reliably supplied. When
  General Cornwallis retreated from the Carolinas
  in 1781, Washington force- marched his army from
  New York to confront and confine the British on
  the Yorktown peninsula in Chesapeake Bay.
• With the American and French army on one side,
  surrounded on three sides by water, and with the
  French fleet preventing British re-supply,
  Cornwallis had no choice but to surrender his
  8,000 soldiers in October of 1781.
• At the surrender ceremony, Cornwalliss sword was
  accepted by General Benjamin Lincoln, while a
  British band played The World Turned Upside
  Down. This was the last major battle of the
  war, although some minor skirmishes took

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Yorktown other things..p. 2 of 2

• At the surrender ceremony, Cornwalliss sword was
  accepted by General Benjamin Lincoln, while a
  British band played The World Turned Upside
  Down. This was the last major battle of the
  war, although some minor skirmishes took place
  for the next two years, until the Treaty of Paris
  was officially ended the war in 1783.
• 3/20/82 Lord North resigned as British Prime
  Minister.
• 7/11/82 British evacuated Savannah, Georgia.
• 11/30/82 British sign Articles of Peace.
• 12/14/82 British leave Charleston, SC.
• 4/19/83 Congress ratifies preliminary peace
  treaty.

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Treaty of ParisSeptember 3, 1983 p. 1 of 2

• The Treaty of Paris officially ended the
  Revolutionary War. It was signed by Benjamin
  Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay. Under the
  terms of the treaty, Britain recognized the
  independent nation of the United States of
  America. Britain . agreed to remove all of its
  troops from the new nation.
• The treaty also set new borders for the United
  States, including all the land from the Great
  Lakes on the north to Florida on the south, and
  from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River.
• The United States agreed to allow British troops
  to still in America to leave and also agreed to
  pay all existing debts owed to Great Britain.

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Treaty of Paris and More p. 2 of 2

• The United States also agreed not to persecute
  Loyalists still in America and to allow those
  that left America to return.
• 11/25/83 British troops leave New York.
• 12/23/83 General George Washington resigns as
  Commander of the Continental Army.
• May of 1787 The Articles of Confederation
  (government plan) is not working. Congress asks
  each state to send delegates to a convention in
  Philadelphia. The purpose was to make the
  Articles of Confederation a stronger document.
  It didnt work.
• 9/17/87 The US Constitution is ratified!

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Conclusion

• Though war is never glorious, it is sometimes
  necessary to win freedom from oppression. The
  true war heroes are the everyday citizens who
  take a stand and sacrifice so that others will
  benefit. Counting troops on both sides, over
  half a million soldiers and sailors participated
  in the American Revolutionary War, with between
  20,000 and 25,000 American deaths.
• American colonists fought and died for a cause
  they truly believed was more important than their
  physical comfort, their health, or their lives.
  By studying the courage and sacrifices of our
  ancestors, we can more deeply appreciate our
  country, our national ideals, and our role in the
  future. In the words of Cicero, a Roman
  statesman, To ignore history is to remain a
  child.

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