War of Independence

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War of Independence

• Bunker Hill / Breeds Hill
• Second Continental Congress
• John Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, G.
  Washington, Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson
• Met in Philadelphia
• Govern colonies
• Created Continental Army..George Washington
• Attempt peace but want rights
• Thomas Paine
• Separate from King
• Common Sense
• Approved Declaration of Independence on July
  4, 1776

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Declaration of Independence

• Thomas Jefferson based it on
• Magna Carta
• English Bill of Right
• John Locke..natural rights to life, liberty ,
  property
• 4 sections
• Preamble
• Rights ( 2 sections)
• New nation

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American Revolution

• Patriots
• Loyalists
• Neutral
• Early battles
• Washington defeated at Long Island
• Trenton Princeton

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Battles of the American Revolution

• Battle of Saratoga (New York) (10/1777)
• 1st major Amer. victory
• Turning point for Europe
• France declares war on Britain
• Spain declares war on Britain..help in southern
  US
• Marquis de Lafayette
• Valley Forge 1777

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Living with war

• Women roles changed
• Attitudes about place in society
• Slavery questioned
• Native Amer. Aid British in west
• John Paul Jones
• British victories but no control
• Guerrilla warfare

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Victory

• Battle of Yorktown1781
• Treaty of ParisSept. 3, 1783
• Britain recognize US as independent nation
• Atlantic to Miss. River from Canada to Spanish
  Florida south

Ben Franklin
John Jay
John Adams
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Inspiration

• People War..movement
• French Revolution
• Saint Domingue (part of Haiti)