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Fighting the War. Advantages and Disadvantages of Both Sides Strategies of Both Sides Turning Point Battles Great Britain’s Decision to Withdraw.

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1 Fighting the War

2 Advantages and Disadvantages of Both Sides Strategies of Both Sides Turning Point Battles Great Britain’s Decision to Withdraw

3 Advantages and Disadvantages of the British

4 British Advantages Experience Well-Trained, highly disciplined Superior firearms Strong Navy

5 British Disadvantages Distance from supplies, reinforcements and resources Unable to adapt to guerilla tactics

6 Advantages and Disadvantages of the Colonists

7 Washington Advantage :

8 Advantages of colonists At Home More accurate shooting Washington Foreign Aid

9 Disadvantages of colonists No experience Few supplies Outnumbered, under-trained Weak Navy

10 Strategies of the British European style of fighting Rally loyalist support in south, invade north

11 Strategies of the Colonists None, but guerilla tactics

12 Turning Point Battles Trenton-Princeton Saratoga Yorktown

13 Turning Point Battles: Trenton-Princeton 8 December 1776 - 6 January 1777 Washington’s complete surprise attack boosts morale

14 Turning Point Battles: Saratoga The Turning point Maj. Gen. Burgoyne (British) surrendered. Major Win for Americans The French and Spanish join the Americans

15 Turning Point Battles: Yorktown French navy defeats British navy, blockades Yorktown Greene and Washington surround Cornwallis by land Outnumbered and surrounded, Cornwallis surrenders Oct. 19, 1781

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17 Britain Decides to Withdraw Why

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