Revolutionary War

Mr. Pearson

American Offensive Dec. 1775

• Benedict Arnold

Why no Claim for Independence?

• Impact of Thomas Paine’s Common Sense

Second Continental Congress

• Harry Lee’s Resolution

• July 4, 1776• Thomas Jefferson• Enlightenment Ideas• Natural Rights• Consent of the Governed • Social Contract Theory

Declaration of Independence

The Loyalists or Tories

Patriots

Revolution as a Political Movement

War Events

British Evacuate Boston and Concentrate Forces at NYC

Battle of Long Island Aug. 27, 1776

• Howe vs. Washington

Trenton and Princeton Dec. 26, 1776

• Delaware River

Washington at Valley Forge

British Grand Plan of Strategy 1777

• 3 Prong Pincer Movement• Isolate New England• Burgoyne• Howe • Leger

British Strategy 1777

Battle of Saratoga Oct. 7, 1777

• Gates vs. Burgoyne

French Alliance and Impact

Arnold Betrayal

War in the South and West

• Nathanael Greene• Francis Marion• George Rogers Clark

Naval Aspects

• Privateers• John Paul Jones

Battle of Yorktown Oct. 19, 1781

• Cornwallis vs. Washington

Peace Treaty American Delegation

• John Adams• Ben Franklin• John Jay

Treaty of Paris 1783