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“ Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body .” Joseph Addison. 8.4 The End of the War. Part III The Return of the Rebel. I. The Battle of Monmouth. June 28, 1778 Monmouth, New Jersey Washington VS. Clinton
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“Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.”Joseph Addison
Part III The Return of the Rebel
I. The Battle of Monmouth • June 28, 1778 • Monmouth, New Jersey • Washington VS. Clinton • Clinton was performing a structured retreat to Sandy Hook Beach to load his men on ships • Washington attacked British Rear Guard • LONGEST BATTLE OF WAR
II. The War Moves South See Map-Page 223
III. Victory in the West • George Rogers Clark • Bernardo de Galvez
V. Victory at Yorktown • Battle that ended the Revolutionary War • October 7, 1781 • Yorktown, Virginia • Washington VS. Cornwallis • American and French troops and French warships trap the British. Cornwallis surrendered! “The World Turned Upside Down”
IV. The Treaty of Paris • September 3, 1783 • Treaty is signed. • Britain recognizes Americans as independent country. • Americans gain land from Appalachians to Mississippi.