CHAPTER 6 NOTES Important People in the Revolutionary War

BELL RINGER

How did writing the Declaration of Independence change the Revolutionary War?

Consider: They were in the war for a short time with Britain to speak against the Taxing Acts, but they had not yet declared Independence. Consider how once the Declaration of Independence was issued influenced the outcome of the Revolutionary War.

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VERY IMPORTANT PEOPLE

The Boston Massacre was as we learned not a “massacre,” in the classic sense. Samuel Adams, Paul Revere and other propagandists immediately capitalized on this incident, using it to fan colonial passions. Paul Revere assisted the effort by issuing one of his most famous engravings depicting the American version of the event.

The propaganda rallied colonists against the British after the Boston Massacre.

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LOYALISTS VS PATRIOTS

Loyalists were LOYAL to England

Patriots were REBELS against England (American Colonists)

Both believed in the opportunities the lands of America offered.

Patriots Loyalists

FOUNDING FATHERS James Madison Thomas Jefferson

George Washington John Hancock

Known as "Father of the Constitution" and author of the Bill of Rights.

Principal author of Constitution and helped write Declaration of Independence

Member of the Second Continental Congress and was also the commanding general of the Continental Army

He served as president of the Second Continental Congress.

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EUROPEANS AND THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

Marquis de Lafayette and Baron von Steuben aided the colonists in the Revolutionary War by training special troops by leading troops into battle and helped attain foreign aid.

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General Bernardo de Galvez Baron de Kalb

Europeans who contributed to the Patriot cause in the American Revolution:

Marquis de Lafayette, Baron von Steuben, General

Bernardo de Galvez, and Baron de Kalb

Marquis de Lafayette Baron von Steuben

NON-TRADITIONAL AND REBELLIOUS FIGURES IN REVOLUTIONARY WAR

 Molly Pitcher went to war

with the troops

Daughters of Liberty boycotted British goods by

weaving their own cloth and brewing herbal tea.

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Patrick Henry resisted British

taxation without colonial consent.

Sons of Liberty rebelled against the

Stamp Act which required all legal and

commercial documents to

display a tax stamp.

NATIVE AND AFRICAN AMERICANS

American Revolution affected both Native Americans and African Americans.

The issue made Native and Africans Americans want to fight the British because they believed they would have more freedoms by siding with the Patriots.

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British General Burgoyne's surrender at Saratoga in the American Revolution

YANKEE DOODLE 1781

American and French forces began a siege- they blocked off British supply and escape routes in hopes the British would surrender . The trap at Yorktown had worked. October 19th, Cornwallis surrendered his troops- the Patriots had won the Battle at Yorktown taking nearly 8,000 British prisoners and 200 guns. A French band played “Yankee Doodle” which was a British song used to taunt the Americans. With the mighty British surrendering to the Americans- it seemed a fitting choice. There were still some small battles at land and sea however the victory at Yorktown convinced the British that it was too costly to pursue. The American Congress (Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay) approved the first draft of the treaty to end the war in April 1783. The final Treaty of Paris was signed on September 3, 1783 in which Great Britain recognized the United States as an independent nation.

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WH0 ENDED THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR? King Louis XVI of France recognized the U.S. independence and signed treaties of alliance with the United States after American victory at Saratoga.

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AMERICAN REVOLUTION ADVANTAGES

Create a T chart that lists the advantages of the British on one side & the American on the other.

List at least 4 bullets for each side. Under each bullet briefly explain the advantages.

Use pages 150 -152 as well the graph on page 154.

British American

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