3. Britain fighting her grown child

4. Tar and Feathering

5. The Boston Massacre ( March 5,1770 )

6. Committees of Correspondence Samuel Adams  Master propagandist Purpose  warn neighboring colonies about incidents with Britain. *Committees of Correspondence  broaden the resistance movement.  Inter-colonial committees led by VA flourished throughout the colonies = favor of united action.

7. Boston Tea Party (1773)

8. The Coercive or Intolerable Acts (1774) Lord North 1. Boston Port Act 2. Government Act (Restriction on Meetings) 4. Administration of Justice Act (change of venue for officials) 3. New Quartering Act

9. The Quebec Act (1774)

10. First Continental Congress (Sept. to Oct. 1774) 55 delegates from 12 colonies (no GA) 1.Agenda  How to respond to the Coercive Acts & the Quebec Act? 2.Consultative Body 3.Declaration of Rights 1 vote per colony represented.

11. The British Are Coming... Paul Revere & William Dawes make their midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British soldiers.

12. The Shot Heard ’Round the World! Lexington & Concord – April 18,1775

14. Who had the advantage??? British Strengths and Weaknesses American Pluses and Minuses +Bigger population, larger military, more wealth +German Mercenaries for hire, and loyalists/Indians in the colonies. -Issues w/Ireland & France -London Govt. was inept -Support in London waned -Generals 2 nd rate, provisions bad -Fighting 3,000 miles away -No urban nerve center to attack -Population in colonies still booming +Outstanding leadership (Washington, Franklin) +French Aid (Marquis de Lafayette) +Fighting defensively +Colonies self-sustained with food +Fighting for Just Cause -Badly organized, lack of unity -Sovereign states resented Congress -”Continental” paper money mess -Not well-armed, no gun factories -Profiteers helped the British

15. Free Blacks in the War 5,000 blacks fought, mostly from North Also served on the British Side. “Lord Dunmore’s Ethiopian Regiment” – escaped slaves Black Loyalists to Nova Scotia, Jamaica and England Heroes at Trenton, Brandywine, and Saratoga

16. APUSH - Mr. Buttell West Broward High School

17. The Second Continental Congress (May,1775) Olive Branch Petition

18. Bunker Hill (June, 1775) The British suffered over 40% casualties.

19. Thomas Paine: Common Sense - republicanism

20. Declaration of Independence (1776)

21. Declaration of Independence

22. Independence Hall

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

24. LoyalistStrongholds

25. Washington’s Headaches Only 1/3 of the colonists were in favor of a war for independence [the other third were Loyalists, and the final third were neutral]. State/colony loyalties. Congress couldn’t tax to raise money for the Continental Army. Poor training [until the arrival of Baron von Steuben (winter 1777).

26. Military Strategies Attrition [the Brits had a long supply line]. Guerilla tactics [fight an insurgent war  you don’t have to win a battle, just wear the British down] Make an alliance with one of Britain’s enemies. The AmericansThe British Break the colonies in half by getting between the No. & the So. Blockade the ports to prevent the flow of goods and supplies from an ally. “Divide and Conquer”  use the Loyalists.

27. New York City in Flames (1776) After the defeat at Long Island, Washington retreats back to Valley Forge

28. Washington Crossing the Delaware Painted by Emanuel Leutze, 1851

29. New Jersey Campaigns Dec. 26, 1776 surprise attack on the Hessians at Trenton, NJ Week later, attack on small British force at Princeton, NJ “Old Fox” Washington at his best, sets up winter camp in Morristown, NJ

30. Phase II: NY & PA [1777-1778] Von Steuben arrives after Washington defeat

31. Saratoga: “Turning Point” of the War? Saratoga: “Turning Point” of the War? A modern-day re-enactment

32. Phase III: The Southern Strategy [1780-1781] 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!] Good US General: Nathanial Greene

33. The Battle of Yorktown (1781) Count de Rochambeau French army of 6,000 to R.I. Admiral De Grasse

34. Cornwallis’ Surrender at Yorktown: Painted by John Trumbull, 1797 “The World Turned Upside Down!”

35. North America After the Treaty of Paris, 1783

36. Reconciliation The Reconciliation between Britannia and her Daughter America

37. Sore Loser “Knavery seems to be so much the striking feature of its inhabitants, that it may not in the end be an evil that they become aliens to this kingdom.” –King George III