II. Just Surviving… 1778-1780. A. Valley Forge, PA 77-78 (Washington’s men)

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II. Just Surviving…

A. Valley Forge, PA (Washington’s men)

1. No summer clothing. 2. No decent shoes. 3. Hunger, Frostbite, Dysentery. 4. Harsh training.

a. Baron von Steuben: Prussia/Germany Valley Forge, Winter Drilled the militia men in the European ways of war.

b. Thaddeus Kosciusko & Casimir Pulaski: Poland Valley Forge, Winter Showed militia how to build better forts and how to ride like Euro Cavalry.

c. Marquis de Lafayette: France Valley Forge, Winter Brought some French troops along, and said “The French Navy will be here soon!”

B. One Sea Battle: USS Bonhomme Richard: John Paul Jones (USA)

2. HMS Serapis: (Brit) The Richard vs. The Serapis, Several holes shot in side of the Richard. 4. Brits ask Jones to surrender.

5. Jones-- “I have not yet begun to fight.” The Richard vs. The Serapis, Jones’ men boarded the Serapis--hand to hand combat…and won.

C. Fort Vincennes: Illinois Winter George Rogers Clark: after taking Cahokia, he surrounded the fort with a few men.

3. British give up the fort. They thought they were outnumbered. Fort Vincennes, 1778

D. War in the South 1. Francis Marion a. Charles Town, SC b. F & I War veteran c. Guerilla War d. The “Swamp Fox” Benjamin Martin Charles Town F & I War veteran Guerilla War The “Ghost”

2. Guilford Courthouse, NC War in the South a. General Nathanial Green (USA) vs. Cornwallis 1780

b. Only fought Brits where he could win…along creeks where his men could get into little boats. War in the South a. Cornwallis’ men worn out, retreated to Yorktown, VA.

III. We Win!

A. Yorktown, VA Cornwallis asks Gen. Clinton to send his army & help. 2. It doesn’t make it in time.

a. Washington: sneaks south and traps Cornwallis on a peninsula. Yorktown, 1781 b. Admiral DeGrasse (French) blockades any sea escape.

c. 8-month seige. Yorktown, 1781 d. Cornwallis surrenders 8,000 men--Oct 19, 1781.

B. Treaty of Paris Ben Franklin, John Adams, John Jay from USA. 2. USA is an independent nation!

3. From Atlantic to Mississippi, Can to FLA. Treaty of Paris, USA 26,000 dead. 5. Brits 10,000 dead.