Draw a timeline below your graphic organizer Becoming Independent Page 45 Objective: Identify key leaders and events that God raised up in order to receive what they fought for: independence. 1. Friedrich von Steuben 2. Marquis de Lafayette 3. The Battle of Yorktown 4. The signing of the Treaty of Paris Draw a timeline below your graphic organizer

Becoming Independent Friedrich von Steuben Prussian drillmaster Continental Army becomes an effective fighting force Made soldiers out of colonists Taught them how to stand at attention, execute field maneuvers, fire and reload quickly, and wield bayonets

Becoming Independent Marquis de Lafayette French aristocrat Assisted George Washington in the ultimate victory over the British Lobbied for French reinforcements Commanded an army in Virginia for the last year of the war

Becoming Independent Battle of Yorktown Plan derived by Lafayette Peace talks begin and American independence is recognized French blocked British into Chesapeake Bay French and American troops surround British on Yorktown peninsula Lay siege for three weeks General Cornwallis surrenders

Becoming Independent Treaty of Paris Great Britain, France, Spain, and the U.S. John Adams, John Jay, and Benjamin Franklin would not allow negotiations to proceed until Britain recognized full independence Every nations looked after their own interest Great Britain didn’t want to award full independence France wanted American independence Spain wanted the land between Appalachian Mts. and Miss. River

South Carolina battles Cornwallis sails south and captures Charlestown Becoming Independent Treaty of Paris Valley Forge Siege at Yorktown South Carolina battles Cowpens Lafayette moves south Cornwallis sails south and captures Charlestown Valley Forge: Friedrich von Steuben trains troops, Marquis de Lafayette joins Guilford Court House

Friedrich von Steuben Marquis de Lafayette Charlestown, SC Cowpens, SC Yorktown Valley Forge, PA Valley Forge, PA and VA British move south In the state – series of battles where Americans fought hard and depleted the British army Siege French fleet arrives and defeats that British – cornering them onto the peninsula French fleet Victory Treaty of Paris