HSTY2034: US History to 1865 21 April 2004

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HSTY2034 US History to 186521 April 2004

• The American Revolution

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• 1. The Military War
• British advantages and disadvantages
• Raising the army
• Nature of battle
• Casualties
• (Very) brief chronology early campaigns, Valley
  Forge, southern fighting, Yorktown

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The Three Theatres of War
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Washington Crossing the Delaware
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Borgoynes Surrender
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Soldiers Hut
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Washington at Valley Forge
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• 2. The Revolution as a Global War
• European powers begin to support Continental Army
• Transformation of war into global conflict
• Critical nature of foreign assistance

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• 3. The Revolution as a Civil War
• Patriots Loyalists
• Fierce partisan warfare
• Women as Partisans
• Indians and Slaves in the war
• 4. The Revolution as a War of Ideas
• Contractual theory of government