¿¿¿WARS???
July 4, 1776
Declaration of independence was approved
Continental Army
American Troops
Mercenaries
soldiers for hire, hired by the british
Privateers
armed merchant ships
loyalists/Tories
sides with British, didn't want independence
Patriots
those who wanted independence
French
helped America with navel support and trapped British at yorktown
Ethan Allen
Leader of the green mountain boys
John Paul Jones
naval officer, defeated the Serapis
John Burgoyne
British officer who got lost at Saratoga
Nathanael Greene
Patriot quartermaster, replaced general gates as leader is the south
Nathen hale
Patriot school teacher who died spying for washington
George Roger Clark
captured frontier outposts in the western regions
Charles Cornwallis
headed to Virginia coast to get supplies from British ships, British officer who surrendered at Yorktown
Thomas Jefferson
writer of the d\Declaration of Independence
John Locke
Enlightment philosopher promoted the contract theory of government
Yorktown
Patriots and French navy trapped the British troops, final surrender by British to end the war
Valley Forge
Patriots spent a harsh winter here
Quebec
Patriots invaded Canada and failed
Fort Ticonderoga
Ethen Allen and Benedict Arnold captured fort to gain supplies early in the war
Trenton
Washington retreats from New York and crosses the Delaware to surprise the Hessians on Christmas night
Trenton and Princeton
victories gave the patriots new hope
Saratoga
British failed to control the northern colonies, patriot victory which won the French support and forced British to move southward
Bunker Hill
battle that the British won
Treaty of Paris
signing this officially ended the war for independence
Olive Branch Petition
Sent to King George to show that the colonies wanted to restore relationships with Britain by the Second Continental Congress and if not prepare for war, King George refused to read it
Common sense
Pamphlet that helped the colonies to separate from Britan, written by Thomas Paine
Describe the attitude of the Second Continental Congress toward America's relationship with Britain at the time the Congress first convened
Most ppl still hoped to convince the king and parliament that the colonies were loyal to the British Empire. The Colonists merely wanted to be given the rights of Englishmen. Although the congress was not hopeful and continued preparing for war, the delegates sent a petition conveying their desire for peace.
How did Thomas Paine influence American activity?
He authorized Common sense. He gave what he thought were common sense reasons for American separation from Britain. This pamphlet, more than any other document, turned the colonists toward independence. Within 6 months of the documents's publication, the colonies declared independance
What were the provisions of the treaty that ended the war for Independence?
It formally granted the USA its independence and gave the new nation all lands east of the Mississippi. It also set the northern boundary from the great lakes to lake of the woods of minnesota
¿the end?
¡YAY!