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GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH! -Patrick Henry
Daily Comment Card
January 1776
COMMON SENSE
-Pamphlet published by Thomas Paine calling
for immediate independence from
Britain -sold throughout the colonies, very
popular -it helped weaken resistance in the
Continental Congress toward independence
SONGS FOR THE DAY TOO LATE TO APOLOGIZE
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THESE UNITED COLONIES ARE, AND OF RIGHT OUGHT TO
BE, FREE AND INDEPENDENT STATES... -RICHARD
HENRY LEE
Daily Comment Card
JULY 4, 1776
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
-Document with reasons Americans are
separating from Britain -Thomas Jefferson
committee create it for Continental
Congress -John Lockes influence is seen in the
document -final product does not contain a
condemnation of British slave trade from
earlier drafts
SONGS FOR THE DAY TOO LATE TO APOLOGIZE

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GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH! -Patrick Henry
Daily Comment Card
January 1776
JULY 4, 1776
COMMON SENSE
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
-Pamphlet published by Thomas Paine calling
for immediate independence from
Britain -sold throughout the colonies, very
popular -it helped weaken resistance in the
Continental Congress toward independence
-Document with reasons Americans are
separating from Britain -Thomas Jefferson
committee create it for Continental
Congress -John Lockes influence is seen in the
document -final product does not contain a
condemnation of British slave trade from
earlier drafts
SONGS FOR THE DAY TOO LATE TO APOLOGIZE
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GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH! -Patrick Henry
Daily Comment Card
1777
SUBMITTED 1776 RATIFIED 1781
BATTLE OF SARATOGA
ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
-Revolutionary battle fought in New York
-British planned to end the Revolution by
splitting the colonies, but they failed -British
end up surrendering in the first great
American victory -Demonstrated the British could
hold cities, but that they would have
trouble in the countrysides -Considered a
turning point with the French sending aid
after this battle
-Framework for an American national
government states had the most power -Empowered
the federal government to make war, treaties,
and create new states -No federal empowerment to
levy taxes, raise troops, or regulate
commerce -Congressional revision of the articles
created a weak national government
SONGS FOR THE DAY NO MORE KINGS
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GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH! -Patrick Henry
Daily Comment Card
SUBMITTED 1776 RATIFIED 1781
ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
-Framework for an American national
government states had the most power -Empowered
the federal government to make war, treaties,
and create new states -No federal empowerment to
levy taxes, raise troops, or regulate
commerce -Congressional revision of the articles
created a weak national government
SONGS FOR THE DAY ROCK A HULA BABY
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GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH! -Patrick Henry
Daily Comment Card
1777
BATTLE OF SARATOGA
-Revolutionary battle fought in New York
-British planned to end the Revolution by
splitting the colonies, but they failed -British
end up surrendering in the first great
American victory -Demonstrated the British could
hold cities, but that they would have
trouble in the countrysides -Considered a
turning point with the French sending aid
after this battle
SONGS FOR THE DAY NO MORE KINGS
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http//www.youtube.com/watch?vt-9pDZMRCpQ (NO
MORE KINGS)
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II. WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE A. UNITED STATES IS
BORN B. TAKING SIDES C. SURPRISE VICTORY AT
TRENTON D. TURNING POINTSARATOGA E. VALLEY
FORGE F. GEORGE ROGERS CLARK G.
TRAITORBENEDICT ARNOLD H. YORKTOWN TREATY OF
PARIS
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A. UNITED STATES IS BORN With Declaration of
Independence, a new nation is born.
WE MUST ALL HANG TOGETHER, OR MOST ASSUREDLY, WE
SHALL ALL HANG SEPARATELY. -BEN FRANKLIN
THEY ARE NOW TRAITORS
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• TAKING SIDES
• -1/3 PATRIOTS
• -1/3 TORIES (SIDE WITH GB)
• -1/3 TRIED NEUTRAL

NEAR WARS END, ABOUT 80,000 TORIES (COLONISTS
LOYAL TO ENGLAND) MIGRATED TO CANADA.
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ENGLISH AND THE COLONIAL ARMIES OFFERED FREEDOM
TO ANY AFRICAN-AMERICAN WHO FOUGHT WITH THEM.
ABOUT 5,000 AFRICAN-AMERICANS FOUGHT AS
PATRIOTS.
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C. SURPRISE VICTORY AT TRENTON WINTER OF
1776 GEORGE WASHINGTON HAD A SURPRISE IN MIND
ON CHRISTMAS NIGHT 1776, WASHINGTON CROSSED THE
DELAWARE AND SURPRISED THE HESSIANS AT
TRENTON CAPTURED 1,000 PRISONERS AND MUCH NEEDED
SUPPLIES!!
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D. TURNING POINT-SARATOGA
-OCTOBER 1777 -BRITISH SURRENDER. -MORALE
IMPROVES, FRENCH OPENLY SEND AID (SPAIN HOLLAND
HELP ALSO)
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• VALLEY FORGE (BLEAK WINTER)
• 1777
• -NO SHELTER
• -NO CLOTHING
• -NO (LITTLE) FOOD
• -NO PAY
• AMAZINGLY, THEY STAYED WITH WASHINGTON

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• GEORGE ROGERS CLARK
• SUMMER 1778-1779, GEORGE ROGERS CLARK CAPTURED
  BRITISH FORTS GAINED CONTROL OF OHIO
  TERRITORY.

His younger brother would later make a trip
through uncharted territory with a man whose last
name was Lewis
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• TRAITORBENEDICT ARNOLD
• COMMANDER OF WEST POINT
• CAUGHT IN PLOT TO SURRENDER FORT
• BRITISH MAJOR JOHN ANDRE
  CAPTURED AND EXECUTED (EXECUTED)
• ARNOLD ESCAPES, BECOMES BRITISH
  OFFICER

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• YORKTOWN TREATY OF PARIS
• LAST MAJOR BATTLE (VA)
• FRENCH FLEET SEALS OFF THE HARBOR
• SURRENDER ON 10/19/1781
• CORNWALLIS MAKES SOMEONE ELSE ATTEND THE SURRENDER

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IN 1782 PARLIAMENT VOTES TO END WAR
TREATY OF PARIS, 1783
-GREAT BRITAIN ACKNOWLEDGED INDEPENDENCE
-BOUNDARIES EAST-ATLANTIC WEST-MISSISSIPPI
RIVER NORTH-CANADA SOUTH-FLORIDA -FLORIDA
RETURNED TO SPAIN
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