Prof. Megan Garedakis

11/5 – THE REVOLUTION AND ITS IMPACT IN

AMERICA

• The Treaty of Paris (1783)• Battle of Cowpens• Battle of Saratoga• Battle of Yorktown

• The Massachusetts Constitution of 1770• Mum Bett (Elizabeth Freeman)

STARRED TERMS

BRITISH MILITARY IN LOYALIST NEW YORK CITY

WASHINGTON AT THE BATTLE OF PRINCETON,

PAINTED IN 1784

BATTLE OF SARATOGA (1777)

AN INTERNATIONAL WAR: 1778-1783

France joins in 1778 Spain Joins in 1779 The Dutch Republic Joins in

1780

What was once a war between colonies and their colonial monarchical suppressor now becomes an international war

BATTLE OF COWPENS (1781)

• French naval fleet sent to aid the Americans

• French Marquis de Lafayette and Comte de Rochambeau joined in on the assault at Yorktown

BATTLE OF YORKTOWN (1781)

INSET, FRENCH DEPICTION OF THE BATTLE OF

YORKTOWN

TREATY OF PARIS (1783)

“VIRGINIA DECLARATION OF RIGHTS AND A CONSTITUTION”

1776

THE PENNSYLVANIA CONSTITUTION

THE MASSACHUSETTS CONSTITUTION (1770)

MUM BETT (ELIZABETH FREEMAN)

“All men are born free and equal, and have certain natural, essential, and unalienable rights; among which may be reckoned the right of enjoying and defending their lives and liberties; that of acquiring, possessing, and protecting property; in fine, that of seeking and obtaining their safety and happiness.”

—Massachusetts Constitution, Article 1.

ANTI- AMERICAN INDIAN PROPAGANDA