1. So What Really Caused the American Revolution?
Of the following events, which do you think was most responsible for the outbreak of the American Revolution?
Tea Act
Proclamation Line of 1763
Stamp Act
Coercive/Intolerable Acts
Declaratory Act
Sugar Act
Quartering Act

2. Discuss with your neighbor…
What does it mean to be an adult? When does one become an adult?

3. Discuss with your neighbor…
Is it appropriate to equate the relationship between England the American colonies to that of a parent and a child? Why or why not?
When considering colonists’ reactions to British Acts and Paine’s argument in Common Sense, what kind of government do you think Americans want?

4. To Begin…
When considering colonists’ reactions to British Acts and Paine’s argument in Common Sense, what kind of government do you think Americans want?
What study strategies do you use?

5. The Revolutionary War
How does the Revolutionary War contribute to the development of the American identity?

6. As Revolution Begins Colonial Strengths British Strengths
Good leadership
Foreign aid
Self-sustaining b/c agriculture
Thought justice was on their side
Colonial Weaknesses
Jealousy
Lacked money
Lacked supplies
Congress had little power
Lacked unity
British Strengths
More people
More wealth
Greater naval power
Professional army
Could pay for foreign soldiers
British Weaknesses
Geographical separation
Had to reconquer large amount of land
Poor leadership

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10. As Revolution Begins Loyalists: Patriots: Educated Wealthy Anglican
Feared chaos
Patriots:
Young
New England & VA
Congregationalist
Feared oppression
African Americans
Native Americans
Patriots: Washington never had more than 20,000 under his commans at one time
African Americans: Once Lord Dunmore proclamation, Wahsington made same offer to to slaves.
5,000 joined. Most were from the north. Fought in mixed and all black units. (As many as 20% of AAs may have sought protection behind british lines)
Tories: 520, ,000 ppl. In NY, NJ, GA they were probably the majority
30,000 fought for british at one time or another
In 1780: 8,000 Tory soldiers for British while Washington only had 9,000
80, ,--- fled US mostly to Canada. In 1783: 9,000 ledt from NY and Charleston each
Washington delibiratley cuktivated them, refusing to deal harshly with the tories and holding his men in check.
NA’s: at first neutral, but sided with British mostly b/c they promised to limit colonial settlements in the west.

11. Loyalist Strongholds 11

12. Phase I: The Northern Campaign [1775-1776]

13. Phase II:
NY & PA [ ]

15. The Crisis 15
“These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman...”

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“Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value.”

17. WASHINGTON CROSSING THE DELAWARE FOR TRENTON
US Delaware
WASHINGTON CROSSING THE DELAWARE FOR TRENTON

18. Surrender/trenton
SURRENDER AT TRENTON

20. Enter the French Wanted revenge against Britain
Had secretly supplied Americans from beginning
Battle of Saratoga
public support for Americans
Americans promised to join French if ever went to war with Britain
helped expand the Revolution
Continued to provide supplies, troops, and naval support
Incredibly important to outcome of the Battle of Yorktown

21. Britain’s “Southern Strategy”
Britain thought that there were more Loyalists in the South.
Southern resources were more valuable/worth preserving.
The British win a number of small victories, but cannot pacify the countryside [similar to U. S. failures in Vietnam!]

22. Phase III: The Southern Strategy [1780- 1781]

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Count de Rochambeau
Admiral De Grasse

24. Treaty of Paris (1783)
Negotiated by Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, John Jay and Henry Laurens
England formally recognized the US
Mississippi River western boundary
States to return property to Loyalists
Will not impede British collection of debts
US fishing rights off coast of Canada
Illustrated the complicated relationships with Britain and France

25. Lessons from the Treaty25
Succeed in playing one power against the other
beginnings of American isolationism
Our system, our interests, are distinct from Europe’s.
We shouldn’t get involved in their problems

26. …To End: Mourning or Celebrating
One’s opinion of the outcome of the Revolutionary War depended on one’s perspective. With this in mind, please create one of the following:
An obituary that mourns the “passing” of the British colonies in North America
A birth announcement that celebrates the “arrival” of an independent American nation
**be creative, really consider “personality” traits**