Winning Independence Unit 6 Section 4. Winning Independence After the American victory at Saratoga, the British threat to New England had ended. The British.

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Winning Independence Unit 6 Section 4

Winning Independence After the American victory at Saratoga, the British threat to New England had ended. The British next tried to win the war by invading and capturing the South. The attempt failed, and the Americans won their independence.

Winning Independence The British turned to the South in late Their aim was to capture some key cities, win over the local population and then march north, acquiring one state after another.

Winning Independence At first, the plan seemed to work. British soldiers moved north from Florida to Georgia. In December 1778, the British took the city of Savannah. Within a month, they controlled most of Georgia.

Winning Independence Moving on to South Carolina, the British captured the main, Charles Town, and then the rest of the state. The British commander, Lord Charles Cornwallis, then carried the war into North Carolina. It looked as if the British might be unstoppable.

Winning Independence To slow the British advance, American fighters used guerilla tactics. Guerillas are fighters who work in small bands to make hit-and-run attacks. In South Carolina, Francis Marion led his men silently through the swamps. They attacked without warning, and then escaped. Marion’s attacks were so efficient that he won the nickname Swamp Fox.

Winning Independence Elsewhere in the South, Loyalist bands roamed the back-country. They plundered and burned Patriot farms, killing men, women, and children.

Winning Independence Patriot fortunes began to improve in October In December 1780, General Nathaniel Greene took over command of the Continental army in the South. They won some small victories.

Winning Independence Still, the British seemed to have the upper hand in the South. The British had troops under the command of an American traitor, Benedict Arnold. A traitor is a person who betrays his or her country or cause to help the other side. Early in the war, Arnold fought bravely for the Patriots.

Winning Independence Weakened by battles like Cowpen, British commander Corwallis headed to Virginia. That gave American Greene an excellent opportunity. Over a five month period, Patriot forces swept through the Deep South. By late summer, only Charles Town and Savannah remained in British hands.

Winning Independence Cornwallis moved his main army to the Yorktown peninsula. The French fleet arrived, though, and chased off British ships. At the same time, Washington rushed toward Virginia with American and French troops. Cornwallis found himself in a trap. He had to surrender.

Winning Independence On October 19, 1781, the Americans and the French lined up in two facing columns. The British marched glumly between the two columns and tossed their weapons into a large pile on the ground. The victory at Yorktown was the last major battle of the war.

Winning Independence The news from Yorktown caused shockwaves in Britain. Although the king wanted to keep fighting, Parliament voted in favor of peace. Peace talks began in Paris in The American delegation included Benjamin Franklin and John Adams.

Winning Independence The talks in Paris led to an agreement, the Treaty of Paris. Britain recognized the independence of the United States. The boundaries of the new nation were set at the Atlantic on the east, Canada on the north, the Mississippi River on the west, and Florida on the south. Florida was returned to Spain.

Winning Independence On April 15, 1783, Congress approved the treaty. The war was officially over. It had been almost exactly eight years since the “shot heard round the world started the fighting at Lexington.

Winning Independence On December 4, 1783, Washington and his ranking officers were reunited for one last meal together at Fraunces Tavern in New York City. One officer wrote, “Such a scene of sorrow and weeping I had never before witnessed. Washington wished to retire to his plantation.

Winning Independence The immediate effect of the American Revolution was to create a new nation of 13 independent states. The long term effects are still being felt today. The Declaration of Independence cemented ideas like equality and liberty in the American mind.

Winning Independence The impact of American independence reached beyond the borders of the infant nation. In 1789, French citizens rebelled. Leaders of the French Revolution looked to the American example. The American Revolution also inspired later independence movements in Latin America.

Winning Independence The American nation emerged from the American Revolution as a proud nation-yet weak and deeply in debt.

Winning Independence The End