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The Revolutionary War. The Divided Colonies. 1/3 Patriots- Support Independence* 1/3 Loyalists or Tories- Loyal to GB* (Middle and Southern Colonies ) 1/3 Undecided- Lacked Commitment* A Civil War. Great Britain’s Strengths. Professional Army* British Naval Tradition*
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The Divided Colonies • 1/3 Patriots- Support Independence* • 1/3 Loyalists or Tories- Loyal to GB* • (Middle and Southern Colonies) • 1/3 Undecided- Lacked Commitment* • A Civil War
Great Britain’s Strengths • Professional Army* • British Naval Tradition* • Loyalist Support/ African American • Native American Support • Hessians- Mercenaries*
Great Britain’s Weaknesses • Unpopular War in Great Britain* • Long Supply Lines* • Fight in Hostile Country* • Wrong Tactics*
Colonial Strengths • Fought on their Own Ground* • French and Indian War Tactics* • George Washington*
Colonial Weaknesses • Never Enough Supplies* • No Navy* • Desertion/ Constant Turn Over of Troops
The Major Events of the War • Lexington and Concord • The Battle of Bunker Hill • Princeton/Trenton • The Battle of Saratoga • The Winter at Valley Forge • The Battle of Yorktown
Lexington and Concord April 1775 • Stockpiles of Ammunition at Concord • (20 Miles from Boston) • American Victory* • Beginning of the Revolution* • “The Shot Heard Around the World”*
The Battle of Bunker Hill June 1775 • Actually Breeds Hill • British Looking for an Easy Victory/ Show of Force • Patriots Fight Tenaciously* • Victory for the British* • 1,100 Redcoats Killed or Wounded
The Crossing of the Delaware Christmas 1776
Trenton and Princeton Winter 1776 • Americans Defeated in Battle of NY • Many American Soldier Desert • Washington Attacks in Winter • Crosses Delaware River* • Caught by Surprise in Trenton* • 1,400 Hessians Captured* • Morale Boost*
The Battle of Saratoga September 1777 • The Turning Point of the War* • Gen. Burgoyne (GB) Tries to Cut Off NE • Gen. Gates (A) Surrounds Burgoyne at Saratoga • Decisive American Victory* • Help from Abroad • France Enters the War for the Colonies* • French Money, Troops, and Navy • Marquis de Lafayette – Assisted Washington * • Baron von Steuben - helps train troops*
The Winter at Valley Forge Winter 1777 • Disease/Starvation/Desertion* • Continental Congress Could Not Tax • Supplies Could Only Be Requested From the States • British Warm and Supplied in Philly • Showed Washington was great leader*
The Battle of Yorktown October 1781 • Cornwallis Moves to Yorktown to be reinforced with Troops and Supplies • Trap is Set • French Navy Cuts Off the Chesapeake • Lafayette is Reinforced by Washington • “The World Turned Up-Side Down”* • Last Major Engagement of the War*
The War is Over • The Treaty of Paris (1783) • Great Britain Recognizes United States* • Boarder Between Canada and US Estab. • Mississippi River Boarder Between Spanish Territory and New Nation • The United States of America • Florida Returns to Spain* • Great Britain Removes Troops* • Rights and Property of Loyalist Restored