Monday, November 7, 2011

• Bell Question: Looking at the timeline on the board, which event shows King George III’s response to colonial appeals?

• After your test: Create a timeline of these events*:

• British come to NY

• Declaration of Independence,

• Battle of Long Island

• Washington crosses Delaware

• Battle of Trenton

• Howe’s march on Philadelphia

• Burgoyne surrenders at Saratoga

• France signs treaty w/ America

• Winter at Valley Forge*You will need to make your timeline show all the months.

Fighting for Liberty on Many Fronts

Chapter 6.4

Famous women who served

• Mary Ludwig Hayes-”Molly Pitcher”

• Betsy Ross- sewed flags for Washington’s army

• Margaret Corbin-1st wounded

• Deborah Sampson-A.K.A. Robert Shurtleff

Choices for African-Americans

Fight for British

• Offered freedom

• Might be hanged by Patriots

Fight for Patriots

• All men equal? Only free African-Americans allowed to enlist

• Might be captured & sold by British

Famous African-Americans who served Continental Army

• Prince Estabrook- wounded at Lexington and Concord

• Peter Salem and Salem Poor- fought at Bunker Hill

• Saul Matthews and James Armistead-spies

Taking “all men are created equal” to the next level…

• Massachusetts, NH, and Pennsylvania made slavery illegal

British get Native help in the West & North

• Believing working with the British will stop Colonial takeover, the Cherokees, Choctaws, Chickasaws, Creeks, Mohawks, and Iroquois attack settlements.

The Western Frontier and the War

• George Rogers Clark was successful in the Ohio River Valley.

• New Spain’s Governor Galvez helped Americans along the Gulf Coast and the MS River.

At Sea

John Paul Jones took the British Serapis in a naval battle:

“I have not yet begun to fight.”

His ship Bonhomme Richard named for Ben Franklin because of Poor Richard’s Almanac

Chapter 6Section 5

Winning the War in the South

British Commander Clinton moved battles to the South to get Loyalist support.

Charleston, SC surrendered to the British 1780

• British Mistakes:

1. General Cornwallis forced colonists to give allegiance to England. They had to choose sides .

2. Colonel Tarleton refused to “give quarter” to Buford’s VA Infantry. Wounded were bayoneted, and those who surrendered were stabbed with sabers. – Atrocities made Patriots more determined, and swayed

some on the fence to side w/ Patriots. – Retaliation continued on both sides.

Losing hope in December of 1778

• British also got control of Camden, SC, and Savannah, GA. 1780

Nathaniel Greene replaced Gates in command of the Southern forces

• He had been quartermaster at Valley Forge. He won a major battle at Guilford Courthouse in NC, which removed the British from NC.