The American Revolution

1. The American Revolution Sizing Up The Armies The Strategy of War “A World Turned Upside Down”

2. The Battle of Bunker Hill June 16,1775 • Fought outside Boston. It is a fortified area on Breed’s Hill filled with several thousand colonists. • The battle shows that the colonists will fight if protected from British fire.

3. The Battle of Saratoga, August- October 1777 • The British are harassed by colonial guerilla forces and end up stretching their supply lines. • The British will surrender to the Colonial forces led by General Horatio Gates • Saratoga is important because it is a major defeat for the British and shows the French that the colonies may be able to win the war

4. The Battle of Saratoga, August- October 1777 • Saratoga is considered the turning point of the war. The French will begin to supply arms, men and their navy to help the colonies.

5. A personal view of the American Revolution “The ball first cut off the head of Smith, a stout heavy man, and dashed it open, then took Taylor across the bowels; it then struck Sergeant Garret of our company on the hip, took off the point of the hip bone . Oh, What a sight it was to see within a distance of six rods those men with their legs and arms and guns and packs all in a heap!” Connecticut Soldier, 1777

6. The Battle of Yorktown, October 1781 • The French are helping the Continental Army with men, weapons and warships • The Americans and the French will corner the British on a small peninsula and bombard them with cannon fire. • The British will surrender and end the American Revolution. • The colonists will win the American Revolution with this victory.

7. The Battle of Yorktown, October 1781

8. The Treaty of Paris, 1783 • THE WAR ENDS WITH THESE CONDITIONS • “free, sovereign and independent states” • British must remove all troops from forts • Boundary for United States is the Mississippi • Loyalist would have rights and property protected • captured slaves must be returned to owners