The World Turned Upside Down

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The World Turned Upside Down

• Chapter 9
• Lesson 3
• Pages 314/319

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Nathanael Greene

• attacked British in North Carolina
• returned to hiding before British could answer
  attack
• tired the British
• General Charles Cornwallis
• quit chasing Greene

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Bernardo de Galvez

• Governor of Spanish Louisiana
• aided the American cause
• opened New Orleans
• stopped British trade with Louisiana
• sent money and supplies to help

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Battle of Savanah

• When the British could not defeat the Patriots in
  the North, they captured Savanah, Georgia
• Hoped for better success
• Believed more Loyalists were in the South

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Swamp Fox

• Captain Francis Marion
• American commander in South Carolina
• Attacked the British and hide in the swamps
• Small group attacks the British were unable to
  address frustrated British

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Battle of Fort Vincennes

• British fort in Ohio River Valley
• captured and retaken by Clark during the winter
  of 1779
• Link to WWW
• Strengthened Patriot control of Ohio River Valley

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George Rogers Clark
surveyor lived in Kentucky goal to drive the
British out of Ohio River Valley
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John Paul Jones

• American Naval Leader
• commanded
• Bonhomme Richard
• battled
• Serapis
• brought victory from apparent defeat
• I have not yet begun to fight!!

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Battle of Yorktown

• last battle of Revolutionary War
• Cornwallis surrendered
• surrounded by American French troops
• harbor closed by French ships

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Treaty of Paris

• King George III wanted to continue the fight
• House of Commons wanted peace
• recognized the United States
• land west of the Appalachian Mtns was now
  American
• Florida was returned to Spain

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Assignment

• Read pages 310/319.
• Review your notes in this Powerpoint.
• Politely ask a parent or responsible adult to
  sign off as proof.
• Signature
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