the revolution. by 1775 many colonists were so angry with britain that they were calling for war....

THE REVOLUTION

BY 1775• MANY COLONISTS WERE SO

ANGRY WITH BRITAIN THAT THEY WERE CALLING FOR WAR.

• OTHERS DID NOT WANT TO FIGHT WITH BRITAIN. THEY REMAINED LOYAL TO THE KING.

DIFFERENCES

•1/3 OF THE COLONISTS WANTED TO FIGHT FOR INDEPENDENCE.

•THEY WERE CALLED PATRIOTS OR WHIGS.

NO WAR!

• 1/3 OF THE COLONISTS DID NOT WANT INDEPENDENCE. THEY WANTED TO STAY WITH BRITAIN.

• THEY WERE CALLED LOYALISTS OR TORIES.

LEAVE ME ALONE!• 1/3 OF THE COLONISTS DID NOT

REALLY CARE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. THEY JUST WANTED TO STAY OUT OF TROUBLE.

• THEY WERE NEUTRALS.

Who was better?• Britain had: more money/ trained

army/ stable government• Loyalists/ Hessians• and A NAVY• But…• They were 3,000 miles from home/

poor officers/traditional style of fighting

patriots• Weaknesses: no money/ a brand

new government/ no supplies/ fewer people/ little experience

• strengths: home turf advantage/ good shots/ good officers/ and a

moral cause

What was the army called?• The Continental Army• The state militias would also fight.

Who would lead?• Someone from the South…• Someone with experience…• Well respected…• Didn’t need the money…GEORGE WASHINGTON OF

VIRGINIA---EXPERIENCE IN THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR

Washington• Did he win every battle?• No! He spent a good bit of the time

in retreat… he did whatever he had to do to keep his army together…and to keep from being captured!

FIRST SKIRMISH• LEXINGTON AND CONCORD

• SECOND BATTLE- BUNKER HILL• AMERICANS RAN OUT OF _______

FIRST SKIRMISH• LEXINGTON AND CONCORD

• SECOND BATTLE- BUNKER HILL• AMERICANS RAN OUT OF AMMUNITION

BRITISH LOSSES- 1,150 AMERICAN LOSSES-450 WHO WON?

UPS AND DOWNS• WASHINGTON AND HIS ARMY

CONTINUED TO WIN A FEW BATTLES AND LOSE EVEN MORE…

• BUT THEY DID NOT GIVE UP

Battle of Trenton• Washington’s brilliant move!• December 1776- Christmas night• Re-crossed the Delaware• Surprised the Hessians- captures

1,000• Week later- same thing-Princeton

HESSIANS SURRENDER

LOWEST POINT• ONE OF THE LOWEST POINTS OF

THE WAR FOR THE PATRIOTS WAS THE WINTER AT VALLEY FORGE.

• COLD/ HUNGER/ DISEASE• THOUSANDS DIED• THE ONE THING THAT KEPT THEM

GOING WAS…

BARON VON STEUBEN• A GERMAN SOLDIER WHO

VOLUNTEERED TO HELP TRAIN THE SOLDIERS OF THE CONTINENTAL ARMY.

• IN THE SPRING, THE ARMY WAS MORE CONFIDENT AND BETTER ABLE TO FIGHT!

VALLEY FORGE-1777 / 1778

BARONFRIEDRICHWLIHELMVONSTEUBEN

TURNING POINT• TURNING POINT OF WAR…• AMERICAN VICTORY…• IN NEW YORK…

•SARATOGA

• General “Gentleman Johnny” Burgoyne was forced to surrender to American forces.

• IT WAS A MAJOR VICTORY… and the turning point of the war!!

GENTLEMAN JOHNNY

WHY THE TURNING POINT?

•BECAUSE THE FRENCH DECIDE THAT AMERICA HAS A CHANCE… AND THEY AGREE TO HELP US!

WHO WENT TO FRANCE?• BENJAMIN FRANKLIN• HE NEGOTIATED AN ALLIANCE

WITH THE FRENCH…THEY WOULD SEND TROOPS, GIVE US MONEY, AND SEND THEIR NAVY!

FRANCE PROVIDED• GUNS• MONEY• EQUIPMENT• ½ OF THE REGULAR ARMED

FORCES• NAVAL STRENGTH

Who was?• A young French aristocrat who

came to America to help…• Fought beside Washington…• Lent his own money…• Has a lot of stuff named after

him…•MARQUIS de LAFAYETTE

LAFAYETTE

Where was the final battle?•YORKTOWN, VIRGINIA• WASHINGTON AND FRENCH

GENERAL ROCHAMBEAU CORNERED BRITISH GENERAL LORD CORNWALLIS ON THE PENINSULA.

YORKTOWN BEFORE THE BATTLE

LORD CORNWALLIS

GENERALROCHAMBEAU

ADMIRAL DE GRASSE

GEORGE WASHINGTON

What was the key?• FRENCH SHIPS SAILED UP THE

CHESAPEAKE BAY AND BLOCKED CORNWALLIS FROM RETREATING OR RECEIVING HELP.

YEAH!!!• AMERICA WON!• THE BRITISH GAVE US ALL THE

TERRITORY OVER TO THE MISSISSIPPI…EXCEPT FLORIDA

TREATY OF PARIS-1783

BENEDICT ARNOLD

1780- tried to give the plansTo West Point to British.

BETSY ROSS

Molly Pitcher- Mary Hays McCauley