Describe Washingtons Army

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Describe Washingtons Army
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Describe the British Army
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How the War Was Fought

• Fall of 1776 Americans had lost several battles
• British chasing Washington

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How the War Was Fought

• American soldiers stayed/left/went to harvest
• Avoid capture

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Battle at Trenton

• Wash. Heard Hessians not ready
• Xmas Day, 1776 crossed Delaware march to Trenton

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Battle at Saratoga

• Oct. 1777
• Brit. Plan to cut colonies in two (Can. Phila.)
• Brit. Surrendered to Gen. Horatio Gates

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Battle at Saratoga

• Turning point in war

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Winter at Valley Forge

• Wash. Set up near Phila.
• Army cold hungry

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Winter at Valley Forge

• Used time to train moving quickly, attack,
  retreat, bayonets

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Other Help

• Ben F. in France asking for help
• When heard of Saratoga victory, Fr. sent supplies

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American Heroes

• Open to page 318

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American Heroes

• Ethan Allen Green Mountain Boys captured Fort
  Ticonderoga

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American Heroes

• Nathan Hale spied on British in NYC
• I only regret that I have but one life to lose
  for my country

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American Heroes

• George Rogers Clark protected settlers in Ohio
  Valley frontier land from British

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American Heroes

• Francis Marion Swamp Fox led raids against
  British

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American Heroes

• John Paul Jones battled larger/better ships
  than his
• I have not yet bugun to fight

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American Heroes

• Mary Slocomb joined husband in battle

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American Heroes

• Molly Pitcher (Hays McCauley) carried H2O to
  troops and fought during Battle of Monmouth

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Independence

• British won many battles, especially in the south
• No one city was the heart of America

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Victory at Yorktown

• British General Cornwallis (headquarters)
• French and Continental Army surrounded Yorktown
  (land sea)

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Treaty of Paris

• 4/1782 to 9/1783
• Reps sent to Paris
• American independence, remove troops, pay damages
• Loyalists treated okay

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Treaty of Paris

• United States of America
• Borders set Miss. over, Fla, Great Lakes (pg 329)

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Assignment

• Create a timeline of events learned in chapter 9
• Test on Tuesday of next week