THE REVOLUTION!!!!

OHHHH YEAHHHH!

•http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2FAAVPX-jg

F.O.A. (Bellwork)• “Give me liberty or give me

death.” – Patrick Henry• Tell me what this quote means

with a one-sentence answer.

EQs

• What were the causes and consequences of the Revolutionary War? (8.5 spi 4)

• What were some of the major battles of the American Revolution? (8.5 spi 4)

Today

• Causes BrainPop• American Revolution pre-test• Notes on American Revolution• American Revolution BrainPop

Today

Tomorrow

• In 2008, 58 percent of registered American voters actually voted. What would the founding fathers think of this?

After the Acts. . .• First Continental Congress

• Representatives from each of the 13 colonies (except GA) met in Philadelphia (Oct 1774)

• Some wanted violence (VA), but others were seeking peace with Britain (PA, NY)

• Compromised and wrote the Declaration of Rights (life, liberty, property, yadayadayada); sent it King George of England

• Patriots

Revere’s Ride

• The Story• British looking to attack Concord, MA

to take over a weapons stock• Revere, a Patriot spy, hears about it

and decides to help alert the colonial militia• Small, local fighting force of citizens

• “One if by land, two if by sea.”• William Dawes also rides; Revere gets

captured

Liberty’s Kids

• Watch Liberty’s Kids and write down two things you notice.

Lexington & Concord• First fighting happened in

Lexington, MA• Small exchange of gunfire; British win

this one very easily• Colonial troops retreat to Concord,

MA and prepare to fight• British Redcoats were an easy target• British forced to retreat back to

Boston

Second Continental Congress • Meets in May, 1775• Still divided, but willing to

compromise• Created the Continental Army and

appointed George Washington as its leader

• Olive Branch Petition• Last attempt at peace with King

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Battle of Bunker Hill• Bunker Hill (June, 1775)

• Colonial troops attack from the top of a large hill; British troops are forced to retreat twice

• Redcoats eventually win, but lose twice as many men as the colonists

• Proved the colonists could fight with the British

Assignment• Do questions 1-4 all parts on page

116.• This assignment is due when you

enter class on Wednesday.

DECLARING INDEPENDENCE (almost)

• Thomas Paine & Common Sense• 1776• Englishman• Challenged the

idea of rule by monarch

• Claimed citizens should make the laws; against tyranny

The Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776)

• Written by Thomas Jefferson• Three major parts

• Part 1 argues that all people have unalienable rights (rights that cannot be taken away)• “Life, liberty, pursuit of happiness”• Raises the question of slavery

• Part 2 protests the unfair taxes and housing of troops in America

• Part 3 argues that the colonies have the right to break from England• Enlightenment idea of “social contract”

You gotta pick a side. . .

• Patriots were considered to be traitors

• Those who opposed the new Dec. of Independence were called Loyalists or Tories

• Both sides began recruiting Indians to fight; most sided with Britain

3 Groups left out. . .

• Women• Slaves• Indians

• The DOI says nothing about the rights of these groups.

Other battles. . .

• Trenton• Continental Army is in danger of

completely falling apart; needs a big-time victory

• Washington launches a surprise attack on German mercenaries at Trenton, NJ

• Victory at Trenton inspires more colonists to enlist in the army

• Saratoga• The British respond to Trenton by attempting

to cut off New England from the rest of the colonies; Generals Howe and Burgoyne (Redcoats) to attack from north and south to take New York

• Doesn’t work; Colonists take 8,000 prisoners

Help from Europe

• France• Marquis de Lafayette

• Spain• Holland

Strengths and Weaknesses

Colonial Forces

Strengths

-Fought for a cause they believed in

-Got help from European nations (France & Spain)

Weaknesses

-Untrained, poorly equipped soldiers

-Small navy

British Forces

Strengths

-Well-trained, well-equipped soldiers

-Large, powerful navy

Weaknesses

-Had to cross the Atlantic Ocean

-Used mercenaries as soldiers

Valley Forge (Winter, 1777)• Thousands of Patriot soldiers die at Valley

Forge, PA during the 1777-78 winter.• Somehow, the Patriot army becomes

stronger and tighter

Fighting in the South

• Fighting in the southern colonies was extremely brutal

• Redcoat soldiers not only fought soldiers but also destroyed crops, lands, and animals as they moved across the South

• The fall of Georgia and South Carolina to the Redcoats forced the Southern Patriots to fight a new way

Guerilla Warfare• Swift hit-and-run tactics attacks

that avoided large battles in open fields

• Francis Marion aka “Swamp Fox”

Final Battle• Yorktown

• Washington combined forces with the French to surround the British general Lord Cornwallis

CORNWALLIS

MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE

• Fighting at Yorktown continues for months• French ships prevented the British from

receiving supplies by water• Oct. 19, 1781 Cornwallis surrenders• British loss at Yorktown signals the end of

the Revolutionary War.

Treaty of Paris, 1783

• The British finally recognize the United States of America as an independent nation

• Borders of North America redrawn