The War for Independence

Lexington & Concord JOHN PITCAIRN THOMAS GAGE Smith and Pitcairn try to push through to Concord, suffering many casualties, and they request reinforcements from Gage…reinforcements arrived but only allowed the British to fight their way back to Boston…the weapons were safe

The Palmetto Defense In June 1776, Colonel William Moultrie wards off the British fleet by cutting down Palmetto trees and making them look like cannons lined up on Sullivan’s Island FORT MOULTRIE, SC

Northern Theater of War September 1776 = Kip’s Bay October 1776 = White Plains November 1776 = Delaware escape December 1776 = Attack on Trenton January 1777 = Attack on Princeton

Northern Theater of War 3-Pronged Attack Lt. Col. Barry St. Leger to Lake Ontario Gen. John Burgoyne to Lake Champlain Gen. William Howe on the Mohawk River Burgoyne was the only one who made it

Battle of Saratoga

Winter at Valley Forge

Southern Theater of War May 1780 = British re-capture SC August 1780 = Gates humiliated by Cornwallis; replaced by Greene January 1781 = Greene attacks Cornwallis February 1781 = Cornwallis retreats

Final Phases Benedict Arnold Marquis de Lafayette Lord Cornwallis Comte de Grasse

Surrender at Yorktown

RETIREMENT CEREMONY AT FRAUNCE’S TAVERN Washington Retires? RETIREMENT CEREMONY AT FRAUNCE’S TAVERN