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The American Revolution: 1775-1783

The American Revolution: 1775-1783. Ms. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY. On the Eve of the Revolution ?. Loyalist Strongholds. Washington’s Headaches.

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The American Revolution: 1775-1783

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  1. The American Revolution: 1775-1783 Ms. Susan M. PojerHorace Greeley HS Chappaqua,NY

  2. On the Eve of the Revolution ?

  3. Loyalist Strongholds

  4. Washington’s Headaches • Only 1/3 of the colonists were in favor of a war for independence [the other third were Loyalists, and the final third were neutral]. • State/colony loyalties. • Congress couldn’t tax to raise money for the Continental Army. • Poor training [until the arrival of Baron von Steuben.

  5. Exports & Imports: 1768-1783

  6. Military Strategies The Americans The British • Attrition [the Brits had a long supply line]. • Guerilla tactics [fight an insurgent war  you don’t have to win a battle, just wear the British down] • Make an alliance with one of Britain’s enemies. • Break the colonies in half by getting between the No. & the So. • Blockade the ports to prevent the flow of goods and supplies from an ally. • “Divide and Conquer”  use the Loyalists.

  7. Phase II: NY & PA[1777-1778]

  8. New York and New Jersey

  9. New York City in Flames(1776)

  10. Washington Crossing the Delaware Painted by Emanuel Leutze, 1851

  11. Phase II: NY & PA[1777-1778]

  12. Saratoga: “Turning Point” of the War? A modern-day re-enactment

  13. New York and New Jersey

  14. Valley Forge 1777-1778

  15. Valley Forge 1777-1778

  16. Von Steuben

  17. New York and New Jersey

  18. Britain’s “Southern Strategy” • Britain thought that there were more Loyalists in the South. • Southern resources were more valuable/worth preserving. • The British win a number of small victories, but cannot pacify the countryside [similar to U. S. failures in Vietnam!] • Good US General:Nathanial Greene

  19. Phase III:The Southern Strategy [1780-1781]

  20. Southern battles

  21. The Battle of Yorktown (1781) Count de Rochambeau AdmiralDe Grasse

  22. Cornwallis’ Surrender at Yorktown: “The World Turned Upside Down!” Painted by John Trumbull, 1797

  23. North America After theTreaty of Paris, 1783

  24. Why did the British Lose???

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