1. Bell Ringer 4-4

2. War’s End and Lasting Effects
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War’s End and Lasting Effects

3. The British Win Early Victories
British won most of early battles in South
1778-Capture Savannah, Georgia
1780-Charleston, South Carolina
Spanish Forces-attack Forts in Gulf Coast Area
1780-Spain captures Mobile, AL
1781-Pensacola, Florida

4. Patriots Drive the British Back
Kings Mountain-October 1780-South Carolina
Patriots defeat Loyalists Militia
Neutral Citizens begin to side with Patriots
General Cornwallis becomes frustrated by Patriot Generals Nathanael Greene and Daniel Morgan

5. The War Ends Washington moves troops to south
Plans to trap Cornwallis in Yorktown, Virginia
French Fleet arrives and blocks the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay.
October 19-Cornwallis surrenders with a army of 8,000
This battle was a stroke of luck to coordinate all the moving parts over a long distance

6. The Treaty of Paris 1783 Recognized American Independence
Granted Generous Boundaries to the United States
Negotiated by Benjamin Franklin

7. Revolutionary Ideas Spread
Ideas of liberty spread
Statement “All Men Created Equal” was radical at the time.
Statement used to claim rights for women and African Americans
Patriot principles inspired revolutions around the world for 3 centuries