1. Take a second… Take a second to reflect on yesterday’s quiz.
How well did you do?
How much did you study for it in advance?
Question 8…
What can you do to do better?
What can we do to do better?

2. Declaration of Independence and Constitution People/ Names
Something I noticed…
Declaration of Independence and Constitution
People/ Names
Effort and Responsibility

3. Saratoga
1777

4. British General John Burgoyne believed that the Lake Champlain - Hudson River Valley was "precisely the route an army ought to take“
British plans to invade New York --utilize three separate armies -isolate New England
Canada to NY
Plan would work except….

5. Patriot

6. Burgoyne surrenders to Gates
Proves America can fight equally to Great Britain
FRANCE JOINS the FIGHT!!!
Turning Point of War

7. Where was G. Washington?

8. European help would be crucial to the success of the Americans.
Several military officers came to Washington’s aid, including the French nobleman Marquis de Lafayette. Lafayette became on one Washington’s most trusted commanders. He helped win many battles and convinced the French to send 6,000 troops to America.

9. Valley Forge
Beginning in the winter of , Washington and his army camped at Valley Forge in Southeast Pennsylvania. They had been forced out of Philadelphia by General Howe.

10. At Valley Forge, Washington’s army was short on supplies. They lacked:
Coats
Shoes
Hats
Adequate blankets
Shirts

11. Valley Forge--Washington & Lafayette. Winter 1777-78.

12. Here’s how Lafayette described the conditions at Valley Forge.
“The unfortunate soldiers were in want of everything; they had neither coats, nor hats, nor shirts, nor shoes; their feet and legs froze till they grew black and it was often necessary to amputate them……. The Army frequently passed whole days without food”.

13. • With the help of Friedrich von Steuben, the army survived and became well trained.

14. I have not yet begun to fight!!!!
Though outnumbered, the newly formed Continental navy scored several victories against the British under the leadership of John Paul Jones. Jones is considered the father of the American navy and is known for his famous quote: