Declaration of Independence and American Revolutionary War

Thomas Paine-Common Sense January 1776 Calls for independence Appeals to common man, increases support for rev.

Ideas of the Declaration All men are created equal, with unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness”

Effects of the Declaration United States forms alliance w/ France Slavery ended in North Religious freedom established Universal white male suffrage

Battle of Saratoga (NY) 1777 Turning point of the war French ally with Americans afterwards

British defeat at Yorktown (VA) 1781 Ends the war British trapped at Yorktown Btw American army and French navy Leads to Treaty of Paris-> (1783) Great Britain recognizes American Independence