1. Declaration of Independence and American Revolutionary War

2. Thomas Paine-Common Sense
January 1776
Calls for independence
Appeals to common man, increases support for rev.

3. Ideas of the Declaration
All men are created equal,
with unalienable Rights,
that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness”

4. Effects of the Declaration
United States forms alliance w/ France
Slavery ended in North
Religious freedom established
Universal white male suffrage

5. Battle of Saratoga (NY) 1777
Turning point of the war
French ally with Americans afterwards

6. British defeat at Yorktown (VA) 1781
Ends the war
British trapped at Yorktown
Btw American army and French navy
Leads to Treaty of Paris-> (1783) Great Britain recognizes American Independence