October 10, 2013EQ:

• Who were the key military, political, and social leaders of the American Revolution?

• How did foreign support help the cause of the Americans in the Revolutionary War?

Standard: UsH- 4…. GPS: SSUSH 4b, 4c, 4d- aspects of the American Revolution

Table of Contents-49. Merci, France!

Agenda:1.Introduction- Complete the

Dialogue between a P&L2.Adam and Brian- showdown-

Whose side are you on??!3.The British and American

soldiers4.Merci, France!

Revolutionary WarUSH 4

Declaration of Independence

• Two major influences: – John Locke: life, liberty, and property (Natural Rights)–Baron Montesquieu: preservation of civil liberties… the government has to protect people’s rights

Thomas Jefferson

• Jefferson brought the ideas of both Locke and Montesquieu to write the Declaration of Independence!

Whose side are you on???Adam is in ninth grade. He doesn’t have many friends and those that he does have are always absent. He’s always been good at art and band, but before he entered into this contest he hadn't had much experience with contact sports. He has a younger brother and has the occasional front yard scuffle with him. Adam’s family is broke and he doesn’t have the best training supplies. He can’t even afford good wrestling headgear and shoes. BUT Adam is really passionate and wants to kick Brian’s butt. There are some other seniors who hate Brian and are secretly helping to train Adam. He has one “trainer” who is co-captain of the wrestling team.

Brian is the most popular Senior in school. He is used to getting his way and doesn’t like be challenged by some loser freshman. Brian has tons of friends, and has even recruited some freshmen from Adam’s classes to fight against Adam. Brian has been taking wrestling and karate classes for most of his life and has the top of the line supplies. BUT Brian lives fifteen miles from the location and will be forced to jog to the match that morning. He has also been getting some negative attention amongst the other seniors for fighting a freshman. Brian doesn’t care, he thinks it will be an easy win even though he hasn’t been working with a trainer and has never observed any of Adam’s practice fights.

Compare the British and American

soldiers during the American Revolution.

What differences/similaritie

s do you notice?

The Continental ArmyStrengths

• Great Patriotism and support for the cause

• Help from France– 90% of gunpowder from Europe

(France)– Marquis DE Lafayette trained

troops– French sent some troops

• George Washington was a great leader– Experienced in battle– Provided courage and confience

Weaknesses

• not enough men – Never more than 20,000

• Many served only 6 month terms• Not trained• Extreme shortages

– Guns, gunpowder– Food– Uniforms– Shoes

• Gov’t didn’t have the money to pay for the war

The British ArmyStrengths• Professional army of 50,000• 30,000 hired mercenaries

(hired soldiers) called Hessians <germans>

• Recruited many loyalists, African Americans and Native Americans

Weaknesse

s• Slow and costly to send

men and supplies across the Atlantic

• News reached England slowly

• No big support amongst the British people

• No good leader- he didn’t know the land, had never been to America, didn’t understand the people

How did the French help the colonists?

• The French wanted to help the colonists because they HATED the British.

• The French helped the colonists by training the militia to fight against the British. • Marquis de LaFayette was one of the main

people who helped train the colonists to fight the British. The colonists would have not done as well if it had not been for him. • Benjamin Franklin negotiated this

alliance! Brilliant!

Benjamin Franklin• Franklin wanted to better society… and

to better society, you had to better yourself.

• Social mobility: the ability to lead and improve society through new ideas.

• Individualism: shows a commitment to education and skill development to make society better.

Merci, France!1. On page 49 in your notebook, write the title

above and draw & color the flag of France.2. Write a thank-you note to France for all of

the things they did to help us win the American Revolution. (make sure you also mention the role of Ben Franklin and Marquis de LaFayette)

October 16, 2013

• EQ- Who, What, Now What of the American Revolution.

• USH4- The American Revolution

Table of Contents- 50. & 51. The American Rev. Notes52. Revolutionary War Flip Chart

Agenda:1. Notes and Videos on

American Revolution2. Create Flip Charts3. Review Questions

George Washington• As a Military

Leader: Washington

boosted the moral of his troops to fight off the British. He also sought out the help of the French to help win the war!

Analyze the life of a common soldier…

• Lots of hardships• Professionally untrained and going up against the

strongest country• Not enough food, weapons and other supplies• No uniforms• BUT- • Had a great leader (George Washington)• Were very passionate about the cause• Knew the geography of the country

Major Events

1776- British retreat from Boston and move troops into NY (the middle colonies)The British leader at the time Germain (he didn’t know about fighting a passionate unprofessional army and didn’t know the US terrain)1st fight for NY- Continental army lost and retreated <still didn’t lose morale>

Crossing of the Delaware River

• Washington wanted a surprise attack on the German Hessians (who were helping the British)• Washington led his troops across the Delaware River (into NJ) on Christmas Day and attacked the Hessians… Washington’s attack was a SUCCESS! The colonists won!

* This success was a REVIVAL for the colonists!!!

Battle of Saratoga

• 1777• Continental army wins and gets more confidence• British army realizes this may not be as easy as

they though• The French decide to join as an ally (send $,

weapons, troops, warships, Lafayette)• Later Spain and the Netherlands also ally with

Continental Army against England

Valley Forge

Valley Forge

• Winter 1777-1778• Continental Army is outside of Philadelphia• British troops are in Philly• Cont Army is hungry, frozen, camping in tents • 2,500 die or desert by the end of the winter• George Washington uses the time to have

Marquis de Lafayette (from France) to train our troops on how to fight professionally <good call!>

• b/c of this the troops stayed busy and ended the winter feeling positive about their chances!

The War moves South• Gen. Cornwallis- now the leader of the British forces- plans to combat the Franco-American alliance by moving South• Fight a series of battles where both sides win some and lose some… then….

The Battle of Yorktown!!• Yorktown was the last battle of

the Revolutionary War!! • Lord Cornwallis was in charge of

the British!! He thought that he had won… until the French showed up and helped the colonists win the war!!!!

*Yay!! The War is over!!!!!

Treaty of Paris, 1783• It recognized the UNITED STATES OF

AMERICA!!!!• Florida belongs to Spain

• Caribbean islands belong to France

Results of the American Revolution:

1. European countries recognize the USA as free and independent (we have street cred)

2. Spread of Egalitarianism (one social class isn’t better than the others) <still mostly just for white men, though some states start to end slavery and allow women to divorce>

3. Native Americans- lose more land, start to move West

4. Now how to figure out how to govern ourselves