1. CHAPTER 7 STUDENT LECTURE WEEK The War for America, 1775–1783
The American Promise
A History of the United States Fifth Edition
CHAPTER 7
STUDENT LECTURE WEEK
The War for America,
1775–1783

2. I. The Second Continental Congress
A. Assuming Political and Military Authority 1. The delegates 2. Debating independence 3. The decisions of the Congress B. Pursuing Both War and Peace 1. The Battle of Bunker Hill 2. Washington takes charge of the Continental Army 3. The Olive Branch Petition

4. I. The Second Continental Congress
C. Thomas Paine, Abigail Adams, and the Case for Independence 1. Common Sense 2. “Remember the Ladies” D. The Declaration of Independence 1. Moving toward independence 2. The list of grievances 3. A unanimous decision

5. II. The First Year of War, 1775–1776
A. The American Military Forces 1. The Continental Army 2. Women and African Americans 3. The politics of military service B. The British Strategy 1. Unclear goals 2. Divide and conquer

7. II. The First Year of War, 1775–1776
C. Quebec, New York, and New Jersey 1. Quebec 2. Battle of Long Island 3. New Jersey

9. III. The Home Front
A. Patriotism at the Local Level 1. The importance of committees 2. Women’s patriotism and the Ladies Association B. The Loyalists 1. Why remain loyal 2. Who remained loyal? 3. The decision of the Indians 4. Loyalist geography

10. III. The Home Front
C. Who Is a Traitor? 1. Defining treason 2. Wives of Loyalists 3. Punishment 4. The Loyalist exodus D. Prisoners of War 1. British treatment of American captives 2. American treatment of British captives

12. III. The Home Front
E. Financial Instability and Corruption 1. Currency 2. Certificates 3. Corruption

13. IV. The Campaigns of 1777–1779: The North and West
A. Burgoyne’s Army and the Battle of Saratoga 1. The Hudson River Valley 2. Fort Stanwix 3. Saratoga 4. American morale

15. IV. The Campaigns of 1777–1779: The North and West
B. The War in the West: Indian Country 1. War in the interior 2. The Mohawk Valley 3. The end of neutrality 4. Frontier war in the South

17. IV. The Campaigns of 1777–1779: The North and West
C. The French Alliance 1. France enters the war 2. French motivations

18. V. The Southern Strategy and the End of the War
A. Georgia and South Carolina 1. The Southern strategy 2. Easy victory in Georgia 3. Siege of Charleston 4. Battle of Camden B. Treason and Guerilla Warfare 1. Benedict Arnold 2. The situation in the backcountry

20. V. The Southern Strategy and the End of the War
C. Surrender at Yorktown 1. Minor victories for the British 2. French intervention 3. Surrender D. The Losers and the Winners 1. Continued fighting on the frontier 2. Treaty of Paris 3. Fate of African Americans 4. Indians