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II. Just Surviving… 1778-1780

II. Just Surviving… 1778-1780. A. Winter @ Valley Forge , PA 77-78 (Washington’s men). 1. No summer clothing. 2. No decent shoes. 3. Hunger, Frostbite, Dysentery. 4. Harsh training. Valley Forge, Winter 1777-78. a. Baron von Steuben : Prussia/Germany.

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II. Just Surviving… 1778-1780

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  1. II. Just Surviving… 1778-1780

  2. A. Winter @ Valley Forge, PA 77-78 (Washington’s men)

  3. 1. No summer clothing. 2. No decent shoes. 3. Hunger, Frostbite, Dysentery. 4. Harsh training.

  4. Valley Forge, Winter 1777-78 a. Baron von Steuben: Prussia/Germany Drilled the militia men in the European ways of war.

  5. Valley Forge, Winter 1777-78 b. Thaddeus Kosciusko & Casimir Pulaski: Poland Showed militia how to build better forts and how to ride like Euro Cavalry.

  6. Valley Forge, Winter 1777-78 c. Marquis de Lafayette: France Brought some French troops along, and said “The French Navy will be here soon!”

  7. B. One Sea Battle: 1779 1. USS Bonhomme Richard: John Paul Jones (USA)

  8. The Richard vs. The Serapis, 1779 2. HMS Serapis: (Brit) 3. Several holes shot in side of the Richard. 4. Brits ask Jones to surrender.

  9. The Richard vs. The Serapis, 1779 5. Jones-- “I have not yet begun to fight.” 6. Jones’ men boarded the Serapis--hand to hand combat…and won.

  10. C. Fort Vincennes: Illinois Winter 1778 1. George Rogers Clark: after taking Cahokia, he surrounded the fort with a few men.

  11. Fort Vincennes, 1778 3. British give up the fort. They thought they were outnumbered.

  12. D. War in the South 1. Francis Marion Benjamin Martin a. Charles Town, SC Charles Town b. F & I War veteran F & I War veteran c. Guerilla War Guerilla War d. The “Swamp Fox” The “Ghost”

  13. War in the South 1780 2. Guilford Courthouse, NC a. General Nathanial Green (USA) vs. Cornwallis

  14. War in the South b. Only fought Brits where he could win…along creeks where his men could get into little boats. a. Cornwallis’ men worn out, retreated to Yorktown, VA.

  15. III. We Win!

  16. A. Yorktown, VA 1781 1. Cornwallis asks Gen. Clinton to send his army & help. 2. It doesn’t make it in time.

  17. Yorktown, 1781 a. Washington: sneaks south and traps Cornwallis on a peninsula. b. Admiral DeGrasse (French) blockades any sea escape.

  18. c. 8-month seige. Yorktown, 1781 d. Cornwallis surrenders 8,000 men--Oct 19, 1781.

  19. B. Treaty of Paris 1783 1. Ben Franklin, John Adams, John Jay from USA. 2. USA is an independent nation!

  20. Treaty of Paris, 1783 3. From Atlantic to Mississippi, Can to FLA. 4. USA 26,000 dead. 5. Brits 10,000 dead.

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