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Advantages and Disadvantages of the Revolutionary War

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1 Advantages and Disadvantages of the Revolutionary War
Welcome back from Thanksgiving Break!

2 Advantages and Disadvantages
Essential Question: How did the colonists win the war? Agenda: Battle of Yorktown Review Advantages v Disadvantages of the war Closure: Move ‘round the room

3 Warm Up Have you ever gotten trapped somewhere?

4 Battle of Yorktown Patriots were close to losing the war
Washington decided to trap British at Yorktown, Virginia. French soldiers helped Americans cut off the British escape from Yorktown French Navy took control of Chesapeake Bay Cornwallis (British General) surrendered after weeks of a siege (being surrounded by American Army)

5 Notes Set Up EQ: How did the Colonists win the war?
Topic: Advantages and Disadvantages of the Revolutionary War Make a T-Chart that says ‘Colonial Advantages’ on one side and ‘Colonial Disadvantages/British Advantages’ on the other side

6 Colonial Advantages Better Leadership Foreign Aid Home-field advantage

7 Colonial Advantage Motivation

8 Colonial Disadvantages
Untrained Small Navy Outnumbered

9 British Advantages Navy Well-Trained

10 British Disadvantages
DISTANCE

11 Treaty of Paris: p. 139 Ben Franklin helped negotiate
1783: Britain recognized the independence of the United States Set the border of the U.S. at the Mississippi River

12 Boundaries of the United States established
West=Mississippi River North=Canada South=Spanish Florida

13 Was the Treaty Followed?
NO America did not repay war debts owed to British merchants or return Loyalist property seized during the war England did not return captured slaves English refused to leave bases in the Great Lakes (Detroit) Question=What is the stage set for?

14 Exit Ticket What do you think?
Who had the better chance to win the war…the Colonials or the British?


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