13 Original Colonies vs. Great Britain s Student made

Both Great Britain and the Thirteen Original Colonies had many advantages and disadvantages Britain’s plan:  Their goal was to force the Americans to surrendor and take back control of the colonies  Their strategy was to capture seaports and split up and conquer  They used old 18 th century tactics Thirteen Colonies’ (Continental army) plan:  Their goal was to preserve their army and wear down the Brits until they get tired  Their strategy was to hit and run. The only victory that mattered was the last one  They used guerilla tactics and some 18 th century ones as well

Continental army: General George Washington Continental army: General George Washington  General Benedict Arnold  General Horatio Gates  General Nathaniel Greene  General Henry Knox  General Charles Lee  General Benjamin Lincoln Great Britain army: General William Howe and Henry Clinton Great Britain army: General William Howe and Henry Clinton  General Charles Cornwallis  General John Gentleman Johnny Burgouyne  Admiral Richard Howe

 Lexington and Concord (April 1775)  Fort Ticonderoga (May 1775)  Battle of Bunker Hill (June 1775)  Saratoga (Oct. 1775)  Yorktown (Oct. 1781)

 Continental Congress tired of standing by  Thomas Jefferson with committee formed wrote it  Signed July 4 th, very risky  Now United States of America  General Cornwallis surrenders to General George Washington at the Battle or Yorktown  Treaty of Paris outcome of Revolutionary War  Economy down  States very separate with different $$  Needed to unite as a nation

  Articles created by Congress  9/13 states had to approve of the articles to make it a law  Articles of the Confederation created a weak central government  Period known as the “critical period”