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Americans Seize Forts
• Ft. Ticonderoga falls to the Green Mountain Boys
• Fort Crown Point follows
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How About Another Meeting
• The Second Continental Congress Meets
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Peace Offering
• The Olive Branch Petition is sent to King George
• He rejects it!
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A Nation Divided
• 1/3 are loyal to the King• 1/3 want war• 1/3 are neutral
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Congress Takes Action
• Plan for war• Organize an army and navy• Beg for money
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Pick a Leader
• George Washington to the rescue!
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Pick a Postmaster
• Who else but Ben Franklin!
• What bill is he pictured on?
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Let’s Make a Deal
• General Gage (he’s British) offers forgiveness to naughty colonials
• In return for a pledge of loyalty to old King George
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Boston Explodes
• The Battle of Bunker Hill• “Don’t fire ‘till you see the whites of their
eyes”
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Fighting Spreads
• The Americans capture Montreal, but not Quebec
• Gen. Montgomery killed; Col. Benedict Arnold wounded
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Misplaced Loyalty
• “Loyalists” defeated at Moore’s Creek, N.C.
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The Declaration of Independence
• On July 4, 1776, we officially separate from Great Britain
• “Separate and Fight. The war has already begun!”
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The Revolutionary War
• Colonial Strengths: George Washington, frontier fighters, home field advantage
• Colonial Weaknesses: No money, weak navy, 1/3 of colonists are loyalists, we need help from other countries to win the war
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The Bad Guys
• British strengths: well-trained soldiers, good equipment, powerful navy, money, help from loyalists
• Weaknesses: Old school fighting style, also fighting other countries, far from home
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The Empire Strikes Back
• The American army is routed at the Battle of New York
• George Washington retreats
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An Unsung Hero
• Nathan Hale said, “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.”
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The Christmas Crossing
• Gen. Washington leads his troops in a surprise attack on Trenton the day after Christmas
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A Big Risk Pays Off
• George Washington was loosing the confidence of the troops
• After winning the battle the troops are encouraged troops to sign up for more fighting at Princeton and Brandywine.
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Suffering
• The Continental Army spends a long, cold winter at Valley Forge, PA.
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The Turning Point
• The British are soundly defeated at Saratoga, NY
• The tide turns in favor of the Americans
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Back and Forth
• Monmouth, NJ- a tie goes Washington’s way• Savannah, Ga.- the British prevail• Charleston, SC- the biggest British win of the war• Camden, SC- the Americans are mauled• King’s Mountain, NC- Americans come back• Vincennes- The British and Mohawk allies lose• Cowpens, SC.- the end of British successes in the
South
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War at Sea
• Captain John Paul Jones: Naval hero
• “I have not yet begun to fight!”
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Traitor
• Benedict Arnold betrays America• Plots to turn West Point over to Great Britain
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The Final Battle
• The British are surrounded at Yorktown
• General Cornwallis gets cornered• 8,000 British troops surrender
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Why did the British end the War?
• The war had become unpopular in Britain• War drags on and is not going well• World War with France,
Spain and Dutch
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The Treaty of Paris September 3, 1783
• The new nation’s boundaries are established• Freedom and independence at last!