1. American Revolution 1

2. Steps to load & fire a musket
Soldiers on both sides used flintlock muskets
Steps to load & fire a musket
Pull to half-cocked
Handle cartridge 2

3. Prime w/ powder About Draw ramrod Ram down the cartridge Present Fire3

4. John Paul Jones Serapis’ Flag
George Washington’s HQ Flag
Vermont Militia
First Continental Navy Flag
Sons of Liberty
John Paul Jones Serapis’ Flag 4

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6. Turning point of the Revolution
Gen. Horatio Gates leads patriot victory
Most of Europe now believes Americans can win
Turning point of the Revolution
French form alliance in 1778
Spain declares war on Britain the next year
Saratoga 6

7. Long Winter at Valley Forge
Washington marched his army to Valley Forge (southeast Penn)
Takes place one year after victories at Trenton & Princeton
Army was short of supplies
Some soldiers deserted
“The unfortunate soldiers were in want of everything; they had neither coats, nor hats, nor shirts; their feet and their legs froze till they grew black and it was often necessary to amputate them…The Army frequently passed whole days without food.”
- Marquis de Lafayette
Valley Forge became an example of great hardship endured during the War

8. War at Sea American Navy was near non-existent
Disadvantage in the Revolutionary
Private ships asked to attack British merchant ships
Privateers took profit from British
John Paul Jones
Commander of the Bonhomme Richard
Captured the Serapis
Had great success against the powerful British navy