Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Alan Brinkley, AMERICAN HISTORY 12/e Chapter Five: The American Revolution

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Chapter Five: The American Revolution Introduction Introduction  Key Political Questions Independence Hall (Royalty-Free/CORBIS)

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Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Chapter Five: The American Revolution The States United The States United –The Decision for Independence  The Declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson (Library of Congress) The Declaration (NARA)

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc The States United The States United –Responses to Independence  Divided Americans Chapter Five: The American Revolution

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc The States United The States United –Responses to Independence  Divided Americans  Articles of Confederation Chapter Five: The American Revolution

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Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc The States United The States United –Mobilizing for War  Financing the War  General George Washington Washington Chapter Five: The American Revolution George Washington at Valley Forge (The Palma Collection / Getty Images)

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Chapter Five: The American Revolution The States United The States United –Mobilizing for War  Financing the War  General George Washington  Foreign Assistance

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc The War for Independence The War for Independence  American Advantages Chapter Five: The American Revolution The US Flag (Photolink / Getty Images)

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc The Revolution in the North, Chapter Five: The American Revolution The War for Independence The War for Independence –The First Phase: New England  Bunker Hill

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc The Revolution in the North, Chapter Five: The American Revolution The War for Independence The War for Independence –The First Phase: New England  Bunker Hill  Invasion of Canada of Canada

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Chapter Five: The American Revolution The War for Independence The War for Independence –The Second Phase: The Mid-Atlantic Region The Mid-Atlantic Region  British take New York The Revolution in the Middle Colonies,

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Chapter Five: The American Revolution The War for Independence The War for Independence –The Second Phase: The Mid-Atlantic Region The Mid-Atlantic Region  British take New York  Britain’s Strategy The Revolution in the Middle Colonies,

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Chapter Five: The American Revolution The War for Independence The War for Independence –The Second Phase: The Mid-Atlantic Region The Mid-Atlantic Region  British take New York  Britain’s Strategy  Patriot Victory at Saratoga at Saratoga The Battle of Saratoga

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Chapter Five: The American Revolution The War for Independence The War for Independence –The Second Phase: The Mid-Atlantic Region The Mid-Atlantic Region  British take New York  Britain’s Strategy  Patriot Victory at Saratoga at Saratoga  British Blunders Battles in NY and PA,

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Chapter Five: The American Revolution The War for Independence The War for Independence –The Iroquois and the British  Divisions in the Iroquois Confederacy

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Chapter Five: The American Revolution The War for Independence The War for Independence –Securing Aid from Abroad  Militia Diplomats

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Chapter Five: The American Revolution The War for Independence The War for Independence –Securing Aid from Abroad  Militia Diplomats  Pivotal French Aid Benjamin Franklin (Portrait Gallery)

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc The Revolution in the South, Chapter Five: The American Revolution The War for Independence The War for Independence –The Final Phase: The South  Revolutionary Consequences of the Southern Campaign

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc The Revolution in the South, Chapter Five: The American Revolution The War for Independence The War for Independence –The Final Phase: The South  Revolutionary Consequences of the Southern Campaign  Nathanael Greene

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc British surrender to Washington (Library of Congress) Chapter Five: The American Revolution The War for Independence The War for Independence –The Final Phase: The South  Revolutionary Consequences of the Southern Campaign  Nathanael Greene  Yorktown

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Chapter Five: The American Revolution The War for Independence The War for Independence –Winning the Peace  Treaty of Paris A map presented to Benjamin Franklin by the Royal Cartographer of France, showing the 1783 Treaty boundaries (Royalty-Free/CORBIS)

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Tarring and Feathering (Library of Congress) Chapter Five: The American Revolution War and Society War and Society –Loyalists and Minorities  The Loyalists’ Plight

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Chapter Five: The American Revolution War and Society War and Society –Loyalists and Minorities  The Loyalists’ Plight  Disestablishment of the Anglican Church

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Chapter Five: The American Revolution War and Society War and Society –The War and Slavery  African-American Desire for Freedom

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Chapter Five: The American Revolution War and Society War and Society –The War and Slavery  African-American Desire for Freedom  Tension between Liberty and Slavery

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Chapter Five: The American Revolution War and Society War and Society –Native Americans and the Revolution  Taking Sides

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Chapter Five: The American Revolution War and Society War and Society –Native Americans and the Revolution  Taking Sides  Growing Divisions Among the Indians

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Chapter Five: The American Revolution War and Society War and Society –Women’s Rights and Women’s Roles  Women of the Army Women of the Revolution (Library of Congress)

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Chapter Five: The American Revolution War and Society War and Society –Women’s Rights and Women’s Roles  Women of the Army  Call for Women’s Rights

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Chapter Five: The American Revolution War and Society War and Society –Women’s Rights and Women’s Roles  Women of the Army  Call for Women’s Rights  A Strengthened Patriarchal System

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Chapter Five: The American Revolution War and Society War and Society –The War Economy  New Patterns of Trade

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Chapter Five: The American Revolution The Creation of State Governments The Creation of State Governments –The Assumptions of Republicanism  Importance of Civic Virtue

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Chapter Five: The American Revolution The Creation of State Governments The Creation of State Governments –The Assumptions of Republicanism  Importance of Civic Virtue  Persistent Inequality

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Chapter Five: The American Revolution The Creation of State Governments The Creation of State Governments –The First State Constitutions  Written Constitutions and Strong Legislatures

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Chapter Five: The American Revolution The Creation of State Governments The Creation of State Governments –Revising State Governments  Shift to Strong Executives

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Chapter Five: The American Revolution The Creation of State Governments The Creation of State Governments –Toleration and Slavery  Statute of Religious Liberty

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Chapter Five: The American Revolution The Creation of State Governments The Creation of State Governments –Toleration and Slavery  Statute of Religious Liberty  Persistence of Slavery Maintaining slavery is like holding a “wolf by the ears…” Thomas Jefferson

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Chapter Five: The American Revolution The Search for a National Government The Search for a National Government –The Confederation  Limited Power of the National Government

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Chapter Five: The American Revolution The Search for a National Government The Search for a National Government –Diplomatic Failures  Postwar Disputes with Britain and Spain

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Chapter Five: The American Revolution The Search for a National Government The Search for a National Government –Diplomatic Failures  Postwar Disputes with Britain and Spain  Regional Differences over Diplomatic Policy

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Land Survey: Ordinance of 1785 Chapter Five: The American Revolution The Search for a National Government The Search for a National Government –The Confederation and the Northwest the Northwest  The Ordinances of 1784 and and 1785

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Chapter Five: The American Revolution The Search for a National Government The Search for a National Government –The Confederation and the Northwest  The Ordinances of 1784 and 1785  Northwest Ordinance

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Chapter Five: The American Revolution The Search for a National Government The Search for a National Government –Indians and the Western Lands  Battle of Fallen Timbers

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Chapter Five: The American Revolution The Search for a National Government The Search for a National Government –Debts, Taxes, and Daniel Shays  Postwar Depression

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Chapter Five: The American Revolution The Search for a National Government The Search for a National Government –Debts, Taxes, and Daniel Shays  Postwar Depression  Political Disputes over Economic Issues

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Chapter Five: The American Revolution The Search for a National Government The Search for a National Government –Debts, Taxes, and Daniel Shays  Postwar Depression  Political Disputes over Economic Issues  Shays’s Rebellion

Copyright ©2007 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Where Historians Disagree: Where Historians Disagree: The American Revolution Chapter Five: The American Revolution Recruiting Poster (Library of Congress)