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What to know about the Revolutionary War
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• John Locke, 17th Cent. English Enlightenment philosopher who came up with the idea of “Social Contract”:
• 1. People are born with natural rights which rulers cannot take away.
• 2. Government governs by “consent of the governed”
If the government fails to
protect our rights, we can
revolt and replace the
government.
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Thomas Paine
• Author of Common Sense, which argued that– it didn’t make sense
to have a king., and…
– convinced many.
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Thomas Jefferson
• Based the Dec. of Indep. on Locke’s idea of Social Contract
• See Quotes in Quick Review
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George Washington—General of the American
Army
• Who was able to somehow keep the army together when defeat seemed inevitable
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Saratoga
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Saratoga• The turning point of the war,
because after Saratoga Ben Franklin was able to to negotiate a Treaty of Alliance with France
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Yorktown
• The last battle of the Revolution, we were helped by the French army and navy
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Patriot
• The revolutionaries—Sons of Liberty, Minute Men, etc.
• They controlled the countryside and waged guerrilla warfare
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Loyalists or Tories
• Those who remained loyal to the King– economic and cultural ties to Britain
– believed taxation was justified
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The British had controlled the cities—after all they had
a huge navy
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Picture credits
• The cartoon of Thomas Paine is from:
http://dictionary.reference.com/All the other pictures turn up over and
over when a google image search is done, so it appears that they are in the public domain.