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Chapter Five: The American Revolution

2. Chapter Five: The American Revolution
Introduction
Key Political Questions
Independence Hall (Royalty-Free/CORBIS)
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3. Chapter Five: The American Revolution
The States United
Defining American War Aims
Olive Branch Petition
Common Sense
Common Sense (Library of Congress)
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4. Chapter Five: The American Revolution
The States United
The Decision for Independence
The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration (NARA)
Thomas Jefferson (Library of Congress)
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5. Chapter Five: The American Revolution
The States United
Responses to Independence
Divided Americans
Articles of Confederation
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The States United
Mobilizing for War
Financing the War
General George Washington
Foreign Assistance
George Washington at Valley Forge (The Palma Collection / Getty Images)
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7. Chapter Five: The American Revolution
The War for Independence
American Advantages
The First Phase: New England
Bunker Hill
Invasion of Canada
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8. Chapter Five: The American Revolution
The Revolution in the North,
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9. Chapter Five: The American Revolution
The War for Independence
The Second Phase:
The Mid-Atlantic Region
British Take New York
Britain’s Strategy
Patriot Victory
at Saratoga
British Blunders
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10. Chapter Five: The American Revolution
The Revolution in the Middle Colonies,
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11. Chapter Five: The American Revolution
The War for Independence
The Iroquois and the British
Divisions in the Iroquois Confederacy
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12. Chapter Five: The American Revolution
The War for Independence
Securing Aid from Abroad
Militia Diplomats
Pivotal French Aid
Benjamin Franklin (Portrait Gallery)
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The War for Independence
The Final Phase: The South
Revolutionary Consequences of the Southern Campaign
Nathanael Greene
Yorktown
British surrender to Washington (Library of Congress)
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14. Chapter Five: The American Revolution
The Revolution in the South,
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15. Chapter Five: The American Revolution
The War for Independence
Winning the Peace
Treaty of Paris
A map presented to Benjamin Franklin by the Royal Cartographer of France, showing the 1783 Treaty boundaries (Royalty-Free/CORBIS)
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War and Society
Loyalists and Minorities
The Loyalists’ Plight
Disestablishment of the Anglican Church
Tarring and Feathering (Library of Congress)
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War and Society
The War and Slavery
African-American Desire for Freedom
Tension between Liberty and Slavery
Native Americans and the Revolution
Taking Sides
Growing Divisions Among the Indians
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War and Society
Women’s Rights and Women’s Roles
Women of the Army
Calls for Women’s Rights
A Strengthened Patriarchal Structure
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19. Chapter Five: The American Revolution
Women of the Revolution (Library of Congress)
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War and Society
The War Economy
New Patterns of Trade
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21. Chapter Five: The American Revolution
The Creation of State Governments
The Assumptions of Republicanism
Importance of Civic Virtue
Persistent Inequality
“All men are created equal…”
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The Creation of State Governments
The First State Constitutions
Written Constitutions and Strong Legislatures
Revising State Governments
Shift to Strong Executives
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23. Chapter Five: The American Revolution
The Creation of State Governments
Toleration and Slavery
Statute of Religious Liberty
Maintaining slavery is like holding a “wolf by the ears…” Thomas Jefferson
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The Search for a National Government
The Confederation
Limited Power of the National Government
Diplomatic Failures
Postwar Disputes with Britain and Spain
Regional Differences over Diplomatic Policy
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25. Chapter Five: The American Revolution
The Conflict Over Western Lands
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26. Chapter Five: The American Revolution
The Search for a National Government
The Confederation and the Northwest
The Ordinances of 1784 and 1785
The Grid
Northwest Ordinance
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Land Survey: Ordinance of 1785
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The Search for a National Government
Indians and the Western Lands
Battle of Fallen Timbers
Debts, Taxes, and Daniel Shays
Postwar Depression
Political Disputes over Economic Issues
Shays’s Rebellion
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Where Historians Disagree:
The American Revolution
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30. Chapter Five: The American Revolution
America in the World:
The Age of Revolutions
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