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Revolutionary war (British Advantages) |
-bigger military -experienced -already established -they have money |
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Revolutionary war (American advantages) |
-they know the land better -determined with a cause -France allies -other long supply line, war not popular back home in Europe |
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Bunker Hill 1775 |
-reaction from the retreat of lexington and concord -the british have a touch situtation but they know they have to strike the colonist -army of 2500 british - british want to go straight up the hill b/c they think the americans military is horrible -dont shoow till u see the whites of their eyes |
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Bunker Hill 1775 pt 2. |
-Americans proved it off
-The British had to take 3 charges up the hill -The First Charge about 100 died -3rd charge: now they have 400 new -Americans do retreat, and proved better thanexpected -The Americans reformed a line and got moregunpowder and did great |
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Bunker hill 1775 score board |
-British lost 1,054 and 226 dead wounded 1,054 -americans lost 411 |
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Bunker hill 1775 two weeks later |
-George washinton showed up with militia and comes forward as a leader of the continental army -spends winter in boston -over winter realized boston wasnt the best place to be they leave and try to burn down everything they can |
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Attack into canada |
-done by the americans -attack fort with 200 men at fort ticonderoga -have success b/c no one sees it coming -got 80 guns and 1000 musket balls -went off to capture quebec -Philip shiler gets put in charge of military -has disease inflamed joints -attacks way to late in late august |
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attack into canada pt 2 |
-he not only wants to attack quebec but also montreal in the west -gathered more men -arnonld had 1,050 men but out you goes down 750 -out number 2:1 on nov 1 -british had 18 casualties but the americans lost 500 |
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Charleston 1775 fort moultry |
-fort that gets replaced by sumter -about 400 defenders in charlestom -british try to take charleston -british want to take the port -happens in june 1776 -lord nelson wants to get closer in landing in the fort -all ships ran into ground |
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charleston 1775 fort moultry pt 2 |
-british gave up and had to leave -7 ft water but no one knows how to swim so they had to get to 4 ft of water to touch the ground -british lost 235 americans had 12 dead and 22 wounded |
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New york |
-british abandon noston for ny -british decided to stay out on staton island - washingotn needed to fight and win -19,000 untrained soldiers -put some men into brooklyn heights 4,000 -split army and rest manhattan -july 4th read read declaration pulled statute of king george down |
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New york pt 2 |
-richard howe army of 400 vessels show up to the island wit 32,000 men -all come from britain --aug 22 deployed 15000 men to long island -washington wants to fight it out -aug 22 washingotn plans attack march 10,000 around the end and to come on the right wing of the americans -830 am new trap, fired signal guns, and make lots of noise right in the middle |
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New york pt 3 |
-only try to draw attention to distract americans -2 hr of total devastation -hows could have won but chose to be happy -set up place in manhattan to hold off british -get another ling going puts more ppl on the flanks and leaves middle weak -soldiers going crazy thowing their guns in the air and running as fast as they can and running oer slower officers |
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New york pt 4 |
-howe called diploamtic meeting -british took all of ny city -british burned down the buildings in city -god 2800 soldiers -washington leaaves and clears everything -americans lost 230 but they get lost of captives -how attacked fort lee -gun powder was important -big chase across new jersey into philly |
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Yorktown |
-24 ships in a line -graes has 19 -de grass has 36 ships now |
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Cornwallis |
-9,000 troops - surrounded by 20,000 american troops -cornwallis asked for 24 hrs -british surrender and cry at surrender -all equpiment were given to americans -troops were taken into captivity -troops rnt allowed to fight rest of war -last major battle of the war -each congress aid a dollar outta own pocket |
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Treaty of paris 1783 |
-ends this war officially -10 articles -containseverything -#1get the united states -31parellel -payoff debts to british settlers |
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Francis Marion |
-Patriots were named after -he was recorded as the 1st terrorist of the world -would wear officers clothes, and invited the british over for dinner and he would kill them |
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Camden |
-cornwallis -bloodiest battle in the revolutationary war - the miltia threw down loaded guns and just ran they were scared -biggest assult of what takes place -americans get slaughtered -gates was the first person i army to arrive from 60 miles in Charlotte -2 days later he is closer he went home, plowing through the south |
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Savannah |
-small battle 3,500 troops -use same approach but looking like they are coming in tthe middle but coming around back -small battle -biggest battle in camden -aug 1780 gates and cornwallis'-3 yrs later after saratoga -gates has about 4000 men they are not in good shape (sick) -cornwallis only has 2500 trops and he does attack |
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Southern Campaign |
-they have to come up with a way to gather momentum -the southern war is going all the way down in Virginia, and the Carolinas to get Anglicans and gov support and work their way up through the 13 colonies -howe quit |
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Benedict Arnold |
-after battle was sent to philadelphia to be a commander -warrior to traitor -ego is an issue -continental congress promoting ppl from states who dont have generals -he lived is life in complete debt -guy in debt can be bought -peggy schiffen pretty girl she is young |
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Benedict Arnold pt 2 |
-falls in love with her even though he is way older -he moves into one of the better pieces of land from Philadelphia -all he has to do is turn into something to the british - they want west point -asked to be reassigned t west point -marries peggy but still has an affair and he knows it john andre and british army -gets appointed to west point e starts elevating the presence of sodiers in the fort |
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Benedict Arnold pt 3 |
he gets the plans and sends them thorugh john andre -major andre gets capture by american soldiers and erach him and find the plans in the hands of the british -arrest him and notify washington -washington then goes to arnold -arnold gets in a boat and runs away -wife yelling at him saying how can betray country -ends up fighting for british --love money and pwer move you to a traitor |
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Battle of saratoga |
-significant battle -scuyler was being passive so replaced him with gates -burgoyne has 3 columns of troops -americans in trenches -push americnas back -sept 16 start to fight -americans retreating -fire from 3 sides -american success brtish try and retreat |
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Batlle of saratoga pt 2 |
-gates decides to celebrate victory -arnonld not happy -fought british into sunset and put them into corner -arnonld got shot in his leg -limps for the rest of his life -british come and surrender the next day -french get interested in coming into alliance with americans -feb they come with americnas |
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3rd prong st.leger |
-coming from west into east -dont have that many ppl -600 men in the forts at stanwix -3-1 advantage -st leger doesnt have guns -decide to starve ppl -schuychler decided to send arnold -arnold has 900 men moving fast -when he gets to fort on the 23 british pulled out |
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schuyler up agaisnt burgoyne |
schyler is pretty bright -wealthy family -2500 men complicate british route -chopping trees down to slow them down -change water supplies and change the route of the damns -staled the british -got an average of 1 mile a day |
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Burgoyne |
saratoga oct 17 way to late to be fighting a work -johnny bugoin -beleived in comforts of life were more important -all officers should have their familes with them -starts in qubec -play boy has lots of women -7200 men with wives and children -moving towards albany |
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Valley forge 77-78 |
10000 men built their camps -25% of his men died in winter -lafayette is doing lobbying with the french -prayer at valley forge god is present and with him |
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German town |
-4 routes over a 5 day period, no communication,trying to come in at the same time
- timing was horrible -1st line got into british and capture and took them away -howe knows the americans are coming -washington went from being simple to complicated -keeps moving military around b/c field combat is a bad thing -wont get into a toe to toe battle with the british until yorktown |
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Battle of Brandywine creek |
-british 15,000 men -have an attack -fake an attack and it works out and looks like the battle of long island -washington pulls back line quicker -how wins and goes straight into philly -now they have ny and philly |
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British plan of 1777 |
general howe was suppose to try and attack |
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princeton |
-jan 3rd enlistments that are up -his men have a loyalty to washington and commitment that keeps fihting -looking at a store house with riffles cannon gun powder -extremely cold |
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Trenton |
-New jersey -toe to toe with the british and its raining -they fired at each other for 2 hrs -at end of battle 1,000 british surrender -heshens were hired by british to fight americans |
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Chesapeaker capes |
-wood ships shooting metal into other ships and the ships sink -de grass as 24 ships in a line (american) -graves has 19 ships (british) -no advantages in numbers -another 12 show up for americans -looked at each others for 5 days -graves take a run with 3 ships in a row -battle was a small effort by british knowing they werent successful -short supplies |
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Treaty of Paris 1783
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-ends war officially -thomas j, ben f, and john jay were there -10 articles : the us, british recognized american independence, 31 parralell, we agreed we would pay off debts to british creditors |
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Backcountry War |
-women and children getting killed -back country does farming -difficult to keep economy and family during war -so much land battles happening everywhere -back country men stay home and take care of settlement -every town and farm got burnt down -retaliation agaisnt native americans: attacking food supplies |
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Loyalists or Tories |
-4 million americans -500,000 remained loyal to british -50,000 took up arms and fought in war for british -80,000 left their homes to fin -british didnt trust those guys who said they would figt for them -idnt give tem stuff cause they didnt trust them -colonist 10:2 |
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Loyalists or tories pt 2 |
-kick family members out if they would want to fight with the british -tories constantly complained about Americans: they were viloent -mob: something less then a gentlemen -u dont want to be a mob -tories come from wealthy families |
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Soldiers life |
-line up and fire at each other -loading gun took 30-45 seconds -one shot of fire then charge -signed up for 3 yrs -if u made it at the very end you got 100 acres of land and got $10 -over 2 yrs of fighting over 200,000 fought for americans -get meat vegetables and bread |
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soldier life pt 2 |
-3500 medical serve -only 400 had medical schooling -soldiers were discussing -straw bedding never cleaned -wouldnt take baths -every camp had a volt -volts were for number 2 but did it everywhere instead of just the volt area |
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Prisoner |
-capture lots of people -break windows and take man outta home -wife would never know where their spouses were -men not in military were main targets -starving all the time |
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prisoner (General sillivan) |
-held for weeks longer than others -held in british pov camp -had is own private quarter -was able to write and read his own mail -read books and newspaper -had a comfortable life as a ranked officier |
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Native Americans :Trading |
-trading happens with americans and indians -alcohol becam a problem in trading -women take on more responsibility -women would trade sex for alcohol -sex is now part of business nature -native american men were not happy with their women doing this, neither were white men |
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Native americans :trading pt 2 |
-very bad situation -women now process the alcholo which gives them power in the community -wome would sell tis to men and men paid a lot for this -native American women finding out how to make profit -violence is aggressive |
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Native american:Prisoners |
white took natives, and vice versa -cannibalism: algonquins had rituals about war -women were considered women of peace or women of war -whoever saw the would determine the fate of the prisoner -once u were adopted u were welcomed -at end of war this doesnt end up working -white european based ppl thing u have war-take prisoners and then give them back |
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native americans:Prisoner pt 2 |
-nativess think u take white people and never give them back after the war -family -slaves -or as dinner |
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Native american: Gifts |
-british gave good gifts to indian to fight -americans said if they dont fight us tey will kill them |