1. American Revolutionary War
American War of Independence
1775–1783

2. Who? Great Britain Colonists (13 colonies) And… Redcoats And … And …
Loyalists/Tories
mercenaries
And …
Continental Army
Patriots
And…
Revolutionaries/Rebels

3. Right to “life, liberty, and property!”
Why?
Right to “life, liberty, and property!”
Declaration of Rights
Inalienable rights of any person…life, liberty, property
Government should protect, not abuse these rights.
King George III
We will not forfeit them, only fight for a government that is not tyrannical!
Patrick Henry

4. Where? Western Frontier Sea Middle Colonies New England Colonies
Southern Colonies
Western
Frontier
Why at seas? – Britain has a strong navy, prevent goods/resources from supplying the colonists with weapons, food and manpower
Sea

5. International Support aids the continental Army
Turning Point?
Hudson River
British defeat at Saratoga (1777)
Saratoga, NY
International Support
aids the continental Army
British Gen. John Burgoyne travel south to capture Ft. Ticonderoga
British Gen. Howe travel north on the Hudson River to meet Burgoyne
To meet at Saratoga and effectively cut off New England colonies from war
Burgoyne recaptures Ft. Ticonderoga but Howe travels south on the Chesapeake to capture Philadelphia (forcing delegates to leave)
Burgoyne is surrounded by the Continental Army and forced to surrender

6. Treaty of Paris of 1783 Outcome? 10,000 British deaths
VICTORY! Through almost every possible suffering and discouragement for the space of either long years, was little short of a standing miracle.
10,000 British deaths
7,500 Hessians died
25,600 American deaths
10,000 died in camp
8,500 died in British prisons
7,200 died in battle
The United States was independent
Boundaries: Mississippi River on the west, Canada on the north, Spanish Florida on the south
US right to fish off Canada’s Atlantic coast
Each side would repay its debts to the other
The British would return any enslaved persons
Congress would recommend that states return any property they had seized from Loyalists
Treaty of Paris
of 1783
US – did not repay war debts they owed British merchants, nor return loyalists property
Britain - did not return runaway slaves, did not give up military outposts such as Fort Detriot