American revolution

1. The War Expands American revolution

2. Bitter over losing colonies in the French & Indian War • Wanted revenge by helping the Patriots win independence • Waited for the Patriots to prove themselves before making an alliance • 1778 France joins the war • Supply troops, funds, and supplies France

3. 1779 Spain joins the Patriots • Rival with Britain • Captured the British strongholds in the South • Kept the British busy • Spread British troops and supplies thin Spain

4. 19 year old French volunteer in Washington’s army Very close to Washington Marquis de Lafayette

5. Trained the Continental Army to move in straight lines & columns & how to handle weapons Also taught them how to charge with bayonets – long steel knives attached to the ends of guns. Baron von steuben

6. Washington camped at this location Continental Army had very few supplies and many had no shoes Soldiers left tracks of blood in the snow as they marched 25% died from malnutrition, exposure to the cold, and sickness 1777-78 Winter at valley forge

8. 1777 British attack the Western Frontier • 1777 100 British warships appear off of the American coast • Controlled the Atlantic trade routes War on the frontier

9. Individual who privately owns a ship Government gives them permission in wartime to attack enemy merchant ships Sell the cargo and share the money American privateers were attacking the British ships Could control trade routes and support Patriot cause Privateer

11. 14 years old Son of a free African American sail maker Captured by the British Offered free passage to Britain Refused to betray his country Imprisoned until the end of the war Released, and walked barefoot from New York to Philadelphia Famous for efforts to end slavery in the United States James forten – privateer