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Winning the War

Winning the War. Chapter 4 Section 4. European Allies Shift the Balance. Baron Friedrich von Steuben. Marquis de Lafayette. Made “regular soldiers out of country bumpkins” at Valley Forge. Believed in the colonists’ cause Became a very close friend of G.W. Suffered through Valley Forge

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Winning the War

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  1. Winning the War Chapter 4 Section 4

  2. European Allies Shift the Balance Baron Friedrich von Steuben Marquis de Lafayette • Made “regular soldiers out of country bumpkins” at Valley Forge • Believed in the colonists’ cause • Became a very close friend of G.W. • Suffered through Valley Forge • Called for France to help out

  3. British Move South • Didn’t fare too well in the Middle and Northern colonies  • Hoped they could seize ports and launch attacks on the French in the West Indies. • Why Else? • Moving South will allow them to trap Washington’s Army between Cornwallis & Brits. in New York • More Loyalists in the South

  4. Early Success in the South • Spring 1779 – British controlled Georgia • Clinton replaces Howe in N.Y. • Charles Cornwalis led the expedition in the South • Tarleton/Cornwalis split forces • May 1780 – Battle of Charles Town • British captured 5,500 colonial soldiers • August 1780 - British win another big victory at the Battle of Camden  • African Americans begin to enter the war • Who are they usually fighting for and why?

  5. Colonists Fight Back Swamp Fox – Francis Marion • Nathanael Greene and Daniel Morgan take over colonial forces • Jan. 1781 – Battle of Cowpens • Cornwalis scored a victory at the Guildford Court House, but lost ¼ of his men in the process • What were some of the issues the British were having? • Where did Cornwalis decide to go next? Why was it such a mistake?

  6. Battle of Yorktown, Oct. 17, 1781 http://www.britishbattles.com/images/yorktown/map-l.jpg

  7. Braveheart wins the Battle of Yorktown

  8. Peace at Paris! Treaty of Paris of 1783: • Recognized the independence of the United States • Recognized Florida, Mississippi and Old North West (Ohio, etc.) as part of U.S. • **No provisions on when the British will leave their forts in the West • ** colonists promised to pay back debts to England and give land back to Loyolists • Negotiated by Ben Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay • Americans make a separate peace with England, frustrating French and Spanish imperial ambitions

  9. Egalitarianism Identify whether the new spirit of egalitarianism changed various social groups in the new United States, and if so, how. (use p. 116) AFRICAN AMERICANS: WOMEN: NATIVE AMERICANS:

  10. TERMS • Friedrich von Steuben • Marquis de Lafayette • Charles Cornwallis • Yorktown • Egalitarianism

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