1. “GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH!”
-Patrick Henry
Daily Comment & Card
January 1776
“COMMON SENSE”
-Pamphlet published by Thomas
Paine calling for immediate
independence from Britain
-sold throughout the colonies, very
popular
-it helped weaken resistance in the
Continental Congress toward
independence
SONGS FOR THE DAY: TOO LATE TO APOLOGIZE

2. DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
“THESE UNITED COLONIES ARE, AND OF RIGHT OUGHT TO BE, FREE AND INDEPENDENT STATES... ”
-RICHARD HENRY LEE
Daily Comment & Card
JULY 4, 1776
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
-Document with reasons Americans
are separating from Britain
-Thomas Jefferson & committee
create it for Continental Congress
-John Locke’s influence is seen in the
document
-final product does not contain a
condemnation of British slave
trade from earlier drafts
SONGS FOR THE DAY: TOO LATE TO APOLOGIZE

3. “GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH!” DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
-Patrick Henry
Daily Comment & Card
January 1776
JULY 4, 1776
“COMMON SENSE”
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
-Pamphlet published by Thomas
Paine calling for immediate
independence from Britain
-sold throughout the colonies, very
popular
-it helped weaken resistance in the
Continental Congress toward
independence
-Document with reasons Americans
are separating from Britain
-Thomas Jefferson & committee
create it for Continental Congress
-John Locke’s influence is seen in the
document
-final product does not contain a
condemnation of British slave
trade from earlier drafts
SONGS FOR THE DAY: TOO LATE TO APOLOGIZE

4. “GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH!” ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
-Patrick Henry
Daily Comment & Card
1777
SUBMITTED 1776; RATIFIED 1781
BATTLE OF SARATOGA
ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
-Revolutionary battle fought in New York
-British planned to end the Revolution by
splitting the colonies, but they failed
-British end up surrendering in the first
great American victory
-Demonstrated the British could hold
cities, but that they would have trouble
in the countrysides
-Considered a turning point with the
French sending aid after this battle
-Framework for an American national
government; states had the most power
-Empowered the federal government to
make war, treaties, and create new states
-No federal empowerment to levy taxes,
raise troops, or regulate commerce
-Congressional revision of the articles
created a weak national government
SONGS FOR THE DAY: NO MORE KINGS

5. “GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH!” ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
-Patrick Henry
Daily Comment & Card
SUBMITTED 1776; RATIFIED 1781
ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
-Framework for an American national
government; states had the most power
-Empowered the federal government to
make war, treaties, and create new states
-No federal empowerment to levy taxes,
raise troops, or regulate commerce
-Congressional revision of the articles
created a weak national government
SONGS FOR THE DAY: ROCK A HULA BABY

6. “GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH!”
-Patrick Henry
Daily Comment & Card
1777
BATTLE OF SARATOGA
-Revolutionary battle fought in New York
-British planned to end the Revolution by
splitting the colonies, but they failed
-British end up surrendering in the first
great American victory
-Demonstrated the British could hold
cities, but that they would have trouble
in the countrysides
-Considered a turning point with the
French sending aid after this battle
SONGS FOR THE DAY: NO MORE KINGS

7.
(NO MORE KINGS)

8. II. WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE
A. UNITED STATES IS BORN
B. TAKING SIDES
C. SURPRISE VICTORY AT TRENTON
D. TURNING POINT—SARATOGA
E. VALLEY FORGE
F. GEORGE ROGERS CLARK
G. TRAITOR—BENEDICT ARNOLD
H. YORKTOWN & TREATY OF PARIS

9. A. UNITED STATES IS BORN
With Declaration of Independence, a new nation is born.
“WE MUST ALL HANG TOGETHER, OR MOST ASSUREDLY, WE SHALL ALL HANG SEPARATELY.”
-BEN FRANKLIN
THEY ARE NOW TRAITORS…
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10. TAKING SIDES
-1/3 PATRIOTS
-1/3 TORIES (SIDE WITH GB)
-1/3 TRIED NEUTRAL
NEAR WAR’S END, ABOUT 80,000 TORIES (COLONISTS LOYAL TO ENGLAND) MIGRATED TO CANADA.
2-10

11. ABOUT 5,000 AFRICAN-AMERICANS FOUGHT AS PATRIOTS.
ENGLISH AND THE COLONIAL ARMIES OFFERED FREEDOM TO ANY AFRICAN-AMERICAN WHO FOUGHT WITH THEM.
ABOUT 5,000 AFRICAN-AMERICANS FOUGHT AS PATRIOTS.
IS LIFE SO DEAR, OR PEACE SO SWEET, AS TO BE PURCHASED AT THE PRICE OF CHAINS AND SLAVERY? FORBID IT, ALMIGHTY GOD! I KNOW NOT WHAT COURSE OTHERS MAY TAKE, BUT AS FOR ME, GIVE ME LIBERTY, OR GIVE ME DEATH!
-PATRICK HENRY
3-10

12. CAPTURED 1,000 PRISONERS AND MUCH NEEDED SUPPLIES!!
C. SURPRISE VICTORY AT TRENTON
WINTER OF 1776
GEORGE WASHINGTON HAD A SURPRISE IN MIND…
ON CHRISTMAS NIGHT 1776, WASHINGTON CROSSED THE DELAWARE AND SURPRISED THE HESSIANS AT TRENTON
CAPTURED 1,000 PRISONERS AND MUCH NEEDED SUPPLIES!!
4-10

13. I ONLY REGRET THAT I HAVE BUT ONE LIFE TO LOSE FOR MY COUNTRY.
D. TURNING POINT-SARATOGA
-OCTOBER 1777
-BRITISH SURRENDER.
-MORALE IMPROVES, FRENCH OPENLY SEND AID (SPAIN & HOLLAND HELP ALSO)
I ONLY REGRET THAT I HAVE BUT ONE LIFE TO LOSE FOR MY COUNTRY.
-NATHAN HALE
5-10

14. VALLEY FORGE (BLEAK WINTER) 1777
-NO SHELTER
-NO CLOTHING
-NO (LITTLE) FOOD
-NO PAY
AMAZINGLY, THEY STAYED WITH WASHINGTON…
6-10

15. GEORGE ROGERS CLARK
SUMMER , GEORGE ROGERS CLARK CAPTURED BRITISH FORTS & GAINED CONTROL OF OHIO TERRITORY.
His younger brother would later make a trip through uncharted territory with a man whose last name was Lewis…
7-10

16. TRAITOR—BENEDICT ARNOLD
COMMANDER OF WEST POINT
CAUGHT IN PLOT TO SURRENDER FORT
BRITISH MAJOR JOHN ANDRE CAPTURED AND EXECUTED (EXECUTED)
ARNOLD ESCAPES, BECOMES BRITISH OFFICER
8-10

17. "The Ballad of Major Andre"
Now Arnold to New York has gone, A-fighting for his King, And left poor Major Andre On the gallows for to swing. Andre was executed, He looked both meek and mild, His face was fair and handsome, And pleasantly he smiled. It moved each eye with pity, And every heart there bled, And everyone wished him released And Arnold in his stead. He was a man of honor! In Britain he was born, To die upon the gallows Most highly he did scorn. And now his life has reached its end So young and blooming still— In Tappan's quiet countryside He sleeps upon the hill.

18. YORKTOWN & TREATY OF PARIS
LAST MAJOR BATTLE (VA)
FRENCH FLEET SEALS OFF THE HARBOR
SURRENDER ON 10/19/1781
CORNWALLIS MAKES SOMEONE ELSE ATTEND THE SURRENDER
9-10

20. TREATY OF PARIS, 1783 IN 1782 PARLIAMENT VOTES TO END WAR…
-GREAT BRITAIN ACKNOWLEDGED INDEPENDENCE
-BOUNDARIES:
EAST-ATLANTIC
WEST-MISSISSIPPI RIVER
NORTH-CANADA
SOUTH-FLORIDA
-FLORIDA RETURNED TO SPAIN
10-10

21. By the rude bridge that arched the flood,
Their flag to April’s breeze unfurled.
Here once the embattled farmers stood,
And fired the SHOT HEARD ROUND THE WORLD.
-CONCORD HYMN
(Ralph Waldo Emerson)