Advantages and Disadvantages of the Revolutionary War Welcome back from Thanksgiving Break!

Advantages and Disadvantages Essential Question: How did the colonists win the war? Agenda: Battle of Yorktown Review Advantages v Disadvantages of the war Closure: Move ‘round the room

Warm Up Have you ever gotten trapped somewhere?

Battle of Yorktown Patriots were close to losing the war Washington decided to trap British at Yorktown, Virginia. French soldiers helped Americans cut off the British escape from Yorktown French Navy took control of Chesapeake Bay Cornwallis (British General) surrendered after weeks of a siege (being surrounded by American Army)

Notes Set Up EQ: How did the Colonists win the war? Topic: Advantages and Disadvantages of the Revolutionary War Make a T-Chart that says ‘Colonial Advantages’ on one side and ‘Colonial Disadvantages/British Advantages’ on the other side

Colonial Advantages Better Leadership Foreign Aid Home-field advantage

Colonial Advantage Motivation

Colonial Disadvantages Untrained Small Navy Outnumbered

British Advantages Navy Well-Trained

British Disadvantages DISTANCE

Treaty of Paris: p. 139 Ben Franklin helped negotiate 1783: Britain recognized the independence of the United States Set the border of the U.S. at the Mississippi River

Boundaries of the United States established West=Mississippi River North=Canada South=Spanish Florida

Was the Treaty Followed? NO America did not repay war debts owed to British merchants or return Loyalist property seized during the war England did not return captured slaves English refused to leave bases in the Great Lakes (Detroit) Question=What is the stage set for?

Exit Ticket What do you think? Who had the better chance to win the war…the Colonials or the British?