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Activity. Grab a Contrast Sheet Contrast the Patriots v British in regards to Military Use the Textbook. The Early Years of the Revolution. 1774-1777. Continental Congress Tries For Peace. Sends Olive Branch Petition Asks for peace and end to hostilities. Oh It’s So On!.

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  1. Activity Grab a Contrast Sheet Contrast the Patriots v British in regards to Military Use the Textbook

  2. The Early Years of the Revolution 1774-1777

  3. Continental Congress Tries For Peace • Sends Olive Branch Petition • Asks for peace and end to hostilities.

  4. Oh It’s So On! • Rejection of attempt at Peace. • What was the name of the Peace Document? • Hessians arrive in colonies • Common Sense by Thomas Paine

  5. Richard Henry Lee • "Resolved: That these united Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved."‘ June 7 1776

  6. The Declaration of Independence • April 1776 • July 2, 1776 • July 4, 1776 • Aug 2, 1776

  7. Getting Support • Loyalists v. Patriots • Why would some remain Loyalists while others would be Patriots?

  8. Critical Thinking • England v. Colonies • Advantages • Disadvantages

  9. And in this Corner… • England • Strongest Navy in World • Large Well Trained Army • 8 million in population • Lots and lots of wealth

  10. The Challenger… • Continentals • No Navy • Lack of Experience • Lack of Ammo and Weapons • Advantages? • Home Turf • George Washington • Founding Fathers

  11. Raising an Army • Recruitment • Enlistment • White Men • Women • African Americans

  12. England’s Battle Plan • Divide and Conquer • Separate colonial regions from each other and conquer each separately

  13. Three Phases of Fighting • Campaigns in the North, Middle and Southern Colonies • Campaign – A series of battles with an end goal in mind

  14. GW Captures Boston • Places cannon and dummy cannon around Boston • Tricks Howe out of Boston • Moves to engage in NY

  15. Campaign For NY • 30,000 Troops land in NY • Washington Invades

  16. The Genius of Washington • Moral very low after loss • Had to get morale up • Crosses the Delaware • Attacks Hessians at Trenton • Why Attack Hessians?

  17. Warm Up Grab a Constitution Center Field Trip Permission Form Prepare for Notes

  18. Victory at Saratoga • 1777 – Gen Horatio Gates defeats Gen Burgoyne • Saves separation from New England Colonies. • Ends Canadian Invasion plans

  19. The Philadelphia Campaign • 265 Ship Armada lands in MD • 17000 Troops to march on Philadelphia • In between Philadelphia and Howe was GW

  20. March on the Brandywine • 1200 American casualties • 1900 British casualties • Howe to meet GW at Battle of Brandywine

  21. More Local Battles • September 1777 – Battle of the Clouds • Paoli Massacre • Battle of Germantown • All losses for Colonials

  22. Camped at Valley Forge • Washington's troops weary, low morale • Cold, Snowy Winter • Transformation occurs

  23. Winter At Valley Forge • Hardships • Lafayette • Freidrich Von Stueben

  24. Marquis de Lafayette and Baron Von Stueben

  25. Gaining Allies • France • Franklin in Paris • Spain • John Adams in England as Emissary

  26. Warm Up

  27. The Revolutionary War 1777-1781

  28. Benedict Arnold Betrays Us • Hero of Fort Ticonderoga and Battle of Saratoga • Planned to surrender fort at West Point NY, for 20000 sterling pounds • Became a brigadier general in English army

  29. Battles in the Middle Colonies Washington defeats them in New Jersey • British invade to capture Philadelphia • Capture Philadelphia • Washington waits

  30. Our Allies Aid Us • France Sends troops and a Fleet to support • Spain sends arms and ammunition

  31. Vive La France • Troops arrive • Gen. Jean Baptiste de Rochambeau

  32. To the South! • Britain's Plan • Invade South • Loyalists • Francis Marion • Guerrilla Warfare

  33. To the South! • Washington and Rochambeau to South • De Grasse (French) Stops British Ships • Cornwallis Trapped in Yorktown • Siege of Yorktown

  34. Plans Change • Washington to NY? • Cornwallis in Yorktown, Trapped by Lafayette • Admiral de Grasse in the Chesapeake

  35. Marching Orders • Split up • Rochambeau, Wayne and Washington to Yorktown

  36. The Siege of Yorktown

  37. Seige of Yorktown • 14000 French and American troops • 7500 British and Hessian • Aug- Oct 1781 • Oct 19 Surrender

  38. Art History – Surrender at Yorktown

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