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The American War The American War for Independencefor Independence
Mr. BachAccelerated United States History
Hudson High School
Colonial Colonial DemographicsDemographics
• Patriots• Loyalists• African-
American Slaves
• Native American Indians
On the Eve of On the Eve of Revolution?Revolution?
Britain Americans
Advantages ? ?
Disadvantages ? ?
First Continental First Continental CongressCongress
September – October September – October 17741774• Radicals – Patrick Henry (“Give Me
Liberty . . .”)• Conservatives – Joseph Galloway
(Galloway Plan of Union)• Compromise – John Adams
(Declaration of Rights and Grievances)
• Accomplishments:– Articles of Association– Committees of Observation
Did the Patriotic Did the Patriotic Cause take the Cause take the
Appropriate Action Appropriate Action towards Loyalists in towards Loyalists in
the Colonies?the Colonies?
““The Shot Heard The Shot Heard Round the World”Round the World”
• April 19, 1775• Lexington and
Concord
Battle of Bunker HillBattle of Bunker HillJune 17, 1775June 17, 1775
Second Continental Second Continental CongressCongress
• Must now manage a war effort– Continental
Army• George
Washington (Commanding General)
– Raise funds• Colonial Scrip
– Foreign Ministry• Need Allies
The Northern The Northern CampaignCampaign
1775 - 17761775 - 1776
Fort TiconderogaFort Ticonderoga
• Ethan Allen (Green Mountain Boys)
• Benedict Arnold
Washington in Washington in CommandCommand
• Organizes Continental Army from rag-tag militia on the heights around Boston
Henry KnoxHenry Knox
• Brings the cannon from Fort Ticonderoga through the winter snow
The Northern The Northern Campaign Campaign
1777 - 17781777 - 1778
Washington Crossing Washington Crossing the Delawarethe Delaware
SaratogaSaratogaOctober 1777October 1777
• The Turning Point
Where the Revolution Where the Revolution Almost DiedAlmost Died
• Valley Forge (Winter 1777 - 78)
Outside HelpOutside Help
• Casimir Pulaski• Thaddeus
Kosciusko• Friedrich Wilhelm
von Steuben• Franco-American
Alliance (1778)– Marquis de
Lafayette– Comte de
Rochembeau
• John Adams and the Netherlands
The Southern The Southern CampaignCampaign
(1778 – 1781)(1778 – 1781)
Why the Southern Why the Southern Strategy?Strategy?
• Split the colonies in two• Advice of exiled Loyalists that
there was greater pro-British sentiment in the South
Great Military Great Military LeadersLeaders
Betrayal at West Betrayal at West PointPoint
The Battle of Yorktown The Battle of Yorktown (1781)(1781)
Count de Rochambeau
AdmiralDe Grasse
The World Turned The World Turned Upside DownUpside Down
Treaty of ParisTreaty of Paris
• Recognizes American independence
• American boundaries
• North: Canada• South: Florida• West: Mississippi• Fishing rights off
Newfoundland
Why did the Why did the British lose the British lose the
American War for American War for Independence?Independence?