The American Revolution

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The American Revolution
1775
1783

• __________ - __________

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Lexington Concord

• Lets Review.

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April 1775

• Victory
• Somewhat of a draw
• Minutemen
• Importance
• First battle of the Revolutionary War

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Fort Ticonderoga
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May 10, 1775

• Continental Army led by Benedict Arnold and Ethan
  Allan
• Green Mountain Boys
• Key location
• Rich in military supplies
• American victory
• Caught the British by surprise

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Battle of Bunker Hill

• Lets review

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Dont fire until you see the whites of their
eyes.
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General Prescott
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June 1775

• Leaders
• Militia William Prescott
• Victory
• British
• Significance
• Moral victory
• If they had the supplies they could win

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Declaration of Independence

• Written by
• _____________ ____________
• Formally declared _____________ from Britain

Thomas
Jefferson
independence
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Battle of Trenton Princeton
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• December 26, 1776
• Colonel Johann Rall
• General George Washington
• Washington surprise British and Hessian forces
  after crossing the frozen Delaware River.
• American Patriots
• Lifted the soldiers spirits and boosted
  enlistments

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The British capture Philadelphia in ___________
of _____.
September
1777
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Battle of Saratoga
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• October 17, 1777
• General John Burgoyne
• General Horatio Gates
• Took a long to bring Burgoynes 30 pieces of
  luggage
• France
• Oh Fatal Ambition

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Gaining Allies
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France

• _____________ February 1778
• Declared war on _____________
• Sent _____________, _____________, and
  _____________ to aid American Patriots
• _____________ 1779
• Declared war on _____________
• No formal alliance with _____________
• Fought _____________ in _____________,
  _____________, _____________, and _____________

Britain
money
equipment
troops
Spain
Britain
America
Britain
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Florida
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Valley Forge
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• Continental Army camped 20 miles to the
  _____________ of _____________.
• Terrible winter
• Washingtons greatest _____________ was to keep
  the Continental Army together
• Many soldiers became sick and _____________ or
  _____________ left without permission.
• Some officers _____________ .

west
Philadelphia
challenge
died
deserted
quit
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Fighting on All Fronts
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Battle of Kings Mountain
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Yorktown
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Independence Achieved!!!
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Treaty of Paris
September 3, 1783

• Signed on _________________________
• Officially ended the war
• America officially becomes an independent country