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Constituted an official recognition of America’s independence and lent powerful military heft to the Patriot cause
4. Allies bound themselves to wage war until United States fully secured its freedom and until both agreed to terms with Britain
5. Led the American Revolutionary War to become a world war
The Colonial War Becomes a Wider War A. Lexington 1778 1. England and France come to blows 2. Shot fired widened into a global conflagration 3. Spain and Holland join the fray against Britain 4. Combined the Spanish and French Fleets outnumbered those of Britain B. French Support
1. From 1778 to 1783, France provided the rebels with guns, money, immense amounts of equipment, about one-half of America’s regular armed forces, and Practically all of the new nation’s naval strength C. June 1778
1. Withdrawing redcoats were attacked by General Washington at Monmouth, New Jersey
2. Many men died of heatstroke
3. Battle was indecisive, British escaped to New York
Blow and Counterblow
A. Summer of 1780
1.French army of six thousand troops arrived in Newport, Rhode Island
2. American were suspicious, but French gold and goodwill disregarded suspicion B. Benedict Arnold becomes a …show more content…
Indians ceded most of their land
Yorktown and the Final Curtain A. 1780- 1781 1. One of the darkest periods of the war 2. Inflation of the currency continued at full gallop
3. The government was virtually bankrupt and declared it would repay many of its debts at a rate of 2.5 cents on the dollars
4. Despair prevailed, sense of unity withered, mutinous sentiments infected army B. General Cornwallis
1. British general was awaiting seaborne supplies and reinforcements at Yorktown
2. Admiral de Grasse advised the Americans that he was free to join with them in an assault on Cornwallis
3. George Washington, accompanied by Rochambeau’s French army, beset the British by land while de Grasse blockaded them by sea after beating off the British fleet
4. Completely cornered, Cornwallis surrendered his entire force of 7,000 men
Peace at Paris A. American Negotiators 1. Aging but astute Benjamin Franklin 2. Flinty John Adams, vigilant for NE interests 3. Impulsive John Jay of NY, deeply suspicious of Old World intrigue B. Instructions from Congress 1. Make no separate peace 2. Consult with their French allies at all stages of the negotiations C. John Jay’s
4. Allies bound themselves to wage war until United States fully secured its freedom and until both agreed to terms with Britain
5. Led the American Revolutionary War to become a world war
The Colonial War Becomes a Wider War A. Lexington 1778 1. England and France come to blows 2. Shot fired widened into a global conflagration 3. Spain and Holland join the fray against Britain 4. Combined the Spanish and French Fleets outnumbered those of Britain B. French Support
1. From 1778 to 1783, France provided the rebels with guns, money, immense amounts of equipment, about one-half of America’s regular armed forces, and Practically all of the new nation’s naval strength C. June 1778
1. Withdrawing redcoats were attacked by General Washington at Monmouth, New Jersey
2. Many men died of heatstroke
3. Battle was indecisive, British escaped to New York
Blow and Counterblow
A. Summer of 1780
1.French army of six thousand troops arrived in Newport, Rhode Island
2. American were suspicious, but French gold and goodwill disregarded suspicion B. Benedict Arnold becomes a …show more content…
Indians ceded most of their land
Yorktown and the Final Curtain A. 1780- 1781 1. One of the darkest periods of the war 2. Inflation of the currency continued at full gallop
3. The government was virtually bankrupt and declared it would repay many of its debts at a rate of 2.5 cents on the dollars
4. Despair prevailed, sense of unity withered, mutinous sentiments infected army B. General Cornwallis
1. British general was awaiting seaborne supplies and reinforcements at Yorktown
2. Admiral de Grasse advised the Americans that he was free to join with them in an assault on Cornwallis
3. George Washington, accompanied by Rochambeau’s French army, beset the British by land while de Grasse blockaded them by sea after beating off the British fleet
4. Completely cornered, Cornwallis surrendered his entire force of 7,000 men
Peace at Paris A. American Negotiators 1. Aging but astute Benjamin Franklin 2. Flinty John Adams, vigilant for NE interests 3. Impulsive John Jay of NY, deeply suspicious of Old World intrigue B. Instructions from Congress 1. Make no separate peace 2. Consult with their French allies at all stages of the negotiations C. John Jay’s