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U.S. History Beginnings to 1877 – Chapter 4 Section 3 Struggle For Liberty U.S. History Beginnings to 1877 – Chapter 4 Section 3

Struggle For Liberty Big Idea Main Ideas Patriot forces faced many obstacles in the war against Britain Main Ideas Many Americans supported the war effort. The Patriots both won and lost battles during the years 1775-1777. France and Spain helped the Patriots fight the British. The winter at Valley Forge tested the strength of Patriot troops. The war continued at sea and in the West.

Struggle For Liberty Main Idea 1: Many Americans supported the war effort Soldiers More than 230,000 soldiers served in the Continental Army. 145,000 enlisted in local militias. African-Americans First banned from serving, but when the British promised freedom to any slave who fought on their side, the Continental Army began to allow free African Americans to serve.

Struggle For Liberty Main Idea 1: Many Americans supported the war effort Woman Ran farms and businesses Helped by raising money for supplies or by making clothing Served as messengers, nurses, and spies Some dressed as men and fought.

Struggle For Liberty Main Idea 2: The Patriots both won and lost battles during the years 1775-1777. Canada Captured Montreal November 1775 Some patriots thought British-controlled Canada should be the “14th colony.” American forces attacked Quebec. Attack failed, and hopes of taking Canada faded.

Struggle For Liberty Main Idea 2: The Patriots both won and lost battles during the years 1775-1777. New York British fleet arrives June 1776 Washington’s 23,000 militiamen opposed by 32,000 better-equipped British soldiers. Series of battles Washington’s forces pushed into New Jersey.

Struggle For Liberty Main Idea 2: The Patriots both won and lost battles during the years 1775-1777. New Jersey Battle of Trenton won by Americans on December 26, 1776. Washington crossed the Delaware on Christmas night. Patriots attacked the mercenaries (Hessians) as they slept. Defeated the British at the Battle of Princeton January 2, 1777.

Struggle For Liberty Battle of Saratoga British upset by two quick defeats in New Jersey. British General John Burgoyne planned to seize Hudson River Valley to cut off New England. British army crushed by Patriot forces under General Horatio Gates on October 17, 1777. Battle of Saratoga in New York was the turning point of the Revolutionary War.

Struggle For Liberty Main Idea 3: France and Spain helped the Patriots fight the British. French and Spanish had lost large expanses of land in North America to the British. Both countries happy to see trouble for Britain in the American colonies. After the Battle of Saratoga, France, Spain, and Holland joined the fight on the side of the Patriots.

Struggle For Liberty Help From Europe Soldiers France Marquis de Lafayette (France) supplied money and military skills. Baron Freidrich von Steuben (Prussia) trained the Continental Army at Valley Forge. France Officially joined Patriot forces in May 1778 Signed treaty of support Increased level of supplies and agreed to provide soldiers and ships

Struggle For Liberty Help From Europe Spain Joined war in 1779 Bernardo De Gálvez, governor of Spanish Louisiana, seized British posts.

Struggle For Liberty Main Idea 4: The winter at Valley Forge tested the strength of Patriot troops. Continental Army was low on supplies Washington and 12,000 men settled for the winter at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, during 1777–78. Troops suffered through the brutal winter and shortages of food, clothing, and shelter. Continental Army survived, but 2,000 died of disease and malnutrition.

Struggle For Liberty Main Idea 5: The war continued at sea and in the West. War at Sea Tiny Continental Navy could not fight large battles Sunk hundreds of individual British ships John Paul Jones was commander of victorious Bonhomme Richard. This former British outlaw became an American naval hero. War in the West George Rogers Clark captured British trading village of Kaskaskia, Illinois, in 1778. Clark’s forces won Battle of Vincennes in 1779.