CHAPTER 6 NOTES Important People in the Revolutionary War

BELL RINGER How did writing the Declaration of Independence change the Revolutionary War? (Consider: They were in the war for a short time with Britain to speak against the Acts, but they had not yet declared Independence. Consider how once the Declaration of Independence was issued influenced the outcome of the Revolutionary War.)

BRAIN POP shistory/americanrevolution/

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PROPAGANDA The Boston Massacre was as we learned not a “massacre,” in the classic sense. Samuel Adams, Paul Revere, and other propagandists immediately capitalized on this incident, using it to fan colonial passions. Revere issued one of his most famous engravings depicting the American version of the event to rally colonists to join the cause of Independence.  Propaganda rallied colonists against British after Boston Massacre. Samuel Adams Paul Revere

PATRIOTS VS LOYALISTS Loyalists were LOYAL to England Patriots were REBELS against England (American Colonists) Both believed in opportunities of American Land Patriots Loyalists

FOUNDING FATHERS: JAMES MADISON, THOMAS JEFFERSON, GEORGE WASHINGTON, JOHN HANCOCK James Madison Thomas Jefferson George Washington John Hancock Known as "Father of the Constitution" and author of the Bill of Rights. Principal author of Constitution and helped write Declaration of Independence  Washington-member of Second Continental Congress and commanding general of Continental Army He served as president of the Second Continental Congress.

EUROPEANS AND THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION Marquis de Lafayette and Baron von Steuben aided colonists by training special troops, leading troops into battle, and attaining foreign aid. General Bernardo de Galvez Baron de Kalb Europeans sided with Patriots (Americans): Marquis de Lafayette, Baron von Steuben, General Bernardo de Galvez, and Baron de Kalb Marquis de LafayetteBaron von Steuben

NON-TRADITIONAL AND REBELLIOUS FIGURES IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR Molly Pitcher went to war with the troops Daughters of Liberty boycotted British goods by weaving their own cloth and brewing herbal tea. Patrick Henry resisted British taxation without colonial consent. Sons of Liberty rebelled against the Stamp Act which required all legal and commercial documents to display a tax stamp. They protested, boycotted, and even burned taxed documents.

NATIVE AND AFRICAN AMERICANS American Revolution affected both Native Americans and African Americans. Natives and African Americans wanted to fight the British because they believed they would have more freedoms siding with the Patriots. British General Burgoyne's surrender at Saratoga in the American Revolution

YANKEE DOODLE 1781 American and French forces began a siege- they blocked off British supply and escape routes in hopes the British would surrender. The trap at Yorktown had worked. October 19 th, Cornwallis surrendered his troops- the Patriots had won the Battle at Yorktown taking nearly 8,000 British prisoners and 200 guns. A French band played “Yankee Doodle” which was a British song used to taunt the Americans. With the mighty British surrendering to the Americans- it seemed a fitting choice. There were still some small battles at land and sea however the victory at Yorktown convinced the British that it was too costly to pursue. The American Congress (Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay) approved the first draft of the treaty to end the war in April The final Treaty of Paris was signed on September 3, 1783 in which Great Britain recognized the United States as an independent nation. Yankee Doodle Fife and Drum

WH0 ENDED THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR? King Louis XVI of France recognized U.S. independence and signed treaties of alliance with U.S. after American Saratoga victory. British surrendered October 17, 1777

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