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The War for Independence
Chapter 4 The War for Independence Thomas Jefferson draws on Enlightenment ideas in drafting the Declaration of Independence. The colonies defeat Great Britain in the Revolutionary War. George Washington
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The Stirrings of Rebellion
Section 1 The Stirrings of Rebellion Conflict between Great Britain and the American colonies grows over issues of taxation, representation, and liberty.
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The Colonies Organize to Resist Britain
1 SECTION The Colonies Organize to Resist Britain The Stamp Act • Stamp Act (1765)—required stamped paper for documents, printed items Stamp Act Protests • Samuel Adams helped found Sons of Liberty, secret resistance group: - harassed customs workers, stamp agents, royal governors • Stamp Act Congress—colonies can’t be taxed without representation • Colonial merchants boycotted British goods until Stamp Act repealed • Parliament repealed Stamp Act; passed Declaratory Act same day (1766)
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The Colonies Organize to Resist Britain
1 SECTION The Colonies Organize to Resist Britain The Townshend Acts • Townshend Acts (1767) levied duties on imported materials, tea • Colonists enraged; Samuel Adams organized boycott • Women stopped buying British luxuries; joined spinning bees; boycotted tea • Customs agents seized John Hancock’s ship Liberty for unpaid taxes • Colonists rioted; 2,000 British soldiers stationed in Boston
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Tension Mounts in Massachusetts
1 SECTION Tension Mounts in Massachusetts The Boston Massacre • Soldiers competed with colonists for shipyard jobs • Boston Massacre (1770)-mob threw stones, British fired, killed five • 1772, colonists burned customs ship; suspects were to be tried in Britain • Committees of Correspondence discussed threat to freedom, formed network
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Tension Mounts in Massachusetts
1 SECTION Tension Mounts in Massachusetts The Boston Tea Party • 1773 Tea Act lets East India Company avoided tax, undersold colonists • Boston Tea Party—disguised colonists dumped 18,000 lbs. tea in harbor
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Tension Mounts in Massachusetts
1 SECTION Tension Mounts in Massachusetts The Intolerable Acts • King George III, British king, is angered by destruction of tea • 1774, Parliament passed Intolerable Acts as response to Tea Party • Acts closed Boston Harbor, quartered soldiers in empty homes, buildings • General Thomas Gage put Boston under martial law (rule by military) • First Continental Congress claimed colonial rights, supported protests
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Fighting Erupts at Lexington and Concord
1 SECTION Fighting Erupts at Lexington and Concord To Concord, By the Lexington Road • Civilian militia or minutemen began to stockpile firearms, 1775 • Resistance leaders John Hancock, Samuel Adams hid in Lexington
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Fighting Erupts at Lexington and Concord
1 SECTION Fighting Erupts at Lexington and Concord “The Regulars Are Coming!” • 700 redcoats sent to capture leaders, destroy munitions, April 1775 • Paul Revere, William Dawes, Samuel Prescott warned leaders, townspeople “A Glorious Day for America” • British shot minutemen in Lexington; killed eight • 3,000–4,000 minutemen ambushed British in Concord, killed dozens
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Group Work As a group, decide which American colony you would like to be. You must pretend that you are members of a committee of correspondence for your colony. As a group, discuss and draft a detailed letter of correspondence that alerts committees of correspondence in other colonies to your concerns about British threats to American liberties. Use historical details from pgs Must be written as a letter (Dear, Sincerely), at least a page long.
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Group Work As a group, pick one of the British Acts from the tops of pages 100 and 101 to protest. To protest the act, you must choose one of the 3 following activities: Draw a poster or cartoon Create a slogan or jingle Create a script for a commercial
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Ideas Help Start a Revolution
Section 2 Ideas Help Start a Revolution Tensions increase throughout the colonies until the Continental Congress declares independence on July 4, 1776.
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The Colonies Hover Between Peace and War
2 SECTION The Colonies Hover Between Peace and War The Second Continental Congress • Second Continental Congress met May-June 1775 in Philadelphia: - debated independence - recognized militiamen as Continental Army - appointed George Washington commander - printed paper money to pay troops
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The Colonies Hover Between Peace and War
2 SECTION The Colonies Hover Between Peace and War The Battle of Bunker Hill • British troops attacked militia north of Boston, June 1775 • Costly British win: 450 colonist and over 1,000 British casualties
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The Colonies Hover Between Peace and War
2 SECTION The Colonies Hover Between Peace and War The Olive Branch Petition • July, Congress sent Olive Branch Petition to restore “harmony” • George III rejected petition, ordered naval blockade
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The Patriots Declare Independence
2 SECTION The Patriots Declare Independence “Common Sense” • Thomas Paine’s pamphlet Common Sense attacked king • Argued independence would allow free trade and foreign aid • Independence could give equal social, economic opportunities to all • Almost 500,000 copies of pamphlet sold; convinced many colonists
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The Patriots Declare Independence
2 SECTION The Patriots Declare Independence Declaring Independence • Congress urged each colony to form own government • Congress appointed committee to prepare formal declaration • Virginia lawyer Thomas Jefferson was chosen to write it • Declaration of Independence-formal statement of separation
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The Patriots Declare Independence
2 SECTION The Patriots Declare Independence Declaring Independence • Declaration, based on John Locke’s ideas, listed complaints, rights: - people have natural rights to life, liberty, property - people consent to obey a government that protects rights - people can resist or overthrow government • “All men are created equal” means free citizens are political equals • July 4, 1776 delegates adopt declaration *The 2nd CC voted unanimously for independence 7/2 and the declaration was adopted 7/4*
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Americans Choose Sides
2 SECTION Americans Choose Sides Loyalists and Patriots • Loyalists-opposed independence, loyal to Crown for different reasons: - worked in government, unaware of events, trusted crown to protect rights • Patriots, almost half of population, supported independence: - thought independence would mean economic opportunity Taking Sides • Groups divided: Quakers, African Americans on both sides • Native Americans support British; colonists threaten their lands
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Timeline Read Ch 4 Section 2 (pgs ) and create a timeline of historical events You should begin with the Second Continental Congress and end with the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Include dates and details
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Struggling Toward Saratoga
Section 3 Struggling Toward Saratoga After a series of setbacks, American forces win at Saratoga and survive.
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The War Moves to the Middle States
3 SECTION The War Moves to the Middle States Defeat in New York • British decided to stop rebellion by isolating New England • 32,000 British soldiers and Hessians took New York, summer 1776 • Many of Washington’s recruits killed; retreated to Pennsylvania The Battle of Trenton • Christmas 1776, Washington crossed Delaware River into New Jersey • Washington surprised Hessian garrison, won Battle of Trenton • Eight days later, Americans won Battle of Princeton against British
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The Fight for Philadelphia
3 SECTION The Fight for Philadelphia • Gen. William Howe beat Washington at Brandywine, PA, summer 1777 • Howe took U.S. capital, Philadelphia; Continental Congress fled Victory at Saratoga • Gen. John Burgoyne led British, allies south from Canada • Burgoyne lost repeatedly to Continental Army, militia • Surrounded at Saratoga, Burgoyne surrendered to Gen. Horatio Gates
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A Turning Point Winter at Valley Forge SECTION
3 SECTION A Turning Point • Since 1776, French secretly sent weapons to Americans • French recognized American independence, signed treaty, Feb 1778 • France agreed no peace until Britain recognized U.S. independence Winter at Valley Forge • Valley Forge - site of Continental Army’s winter camp (1777–1778) • Of 10,000 soldiers, more than 2,000 die of cold and hunger
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Colonial Life During the Revolution
3 SECTION Colonial Life During the Revolution Financing the War • To get money, Congress sold bonds to investors, foreign governments • Printed paper money (Continentals), caused inflation (rising prices) • Few U.S. munitions factories; ran arms through naval blockade • Some officials engaged in profiteering (sell scarce goods for profit ) • Robert Morris, Haym Salomon used own credit to raise money, pay army
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Colonial Life During the Revolution
3 SECTION Colonial Life During the Revolution Civilians at War • While husbands fought, women managed homes, businesses • Many women went with troops to wash, cook, mend; some fought • Thousands of African-American slaves escaped to cities, frontier • About 5,000 African Americans served in Continental Army • Most Native Americans stayed out of the conflict
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Reporting on the Revolution
On your own, choose one battle from pages and create a front page headline and newspaper article. Your front page must have a creative headline and include at least one of the following: Straight news Interviews Background pieces Features on soldiers or civilians affected by the war. Make sure you know your audience. Are you writing to Loyalists, Patriots, people overseas?
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Winning the War Section 4
Strategic victories in the South and at Yorktown enable the Americans to defeat the British.
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Allies Shift the Balance
4 SECTION Allies Shift the Balance Training the Continental Army • 1778, Prussian captain Friedrich von Steuben went to Valley Forge • Trained colonists in fighting skills, field maneuvers of regular army; “make regulars…out of country bumpkins” Lafayette and the French • Marquis de Lafayette—aristocrat, joined Washington at Valley Forge • Lobbied for French troops, 1779; led command in last years of war
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Allies Shift the Balance
4 SECTION Allies Shift the Balance Thaddeus Kosciuszko: planned the defense for Saratoga. The Battle of Saratoga became known as one of military history's most famous struggles for independence and proved to be a turning point in the war. Casimir Pulaski: was named the "Father of the American Cavalry", and remains one of the well known figures of the American Revolutionary War.
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4 SECTION The British Move South
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The British Move South Early British Success in the South
4 SECTION The British Move South Early British Success in the South 1778, British took Savannah; royal governor reinstated in Georgia British armies captured Charles Town, greatest victory of war British commander Charles Cornwallis smashed through South Carolina African Americans escaped Patriot owners, joined British to win freedom British Losses in 1781 1781, Cornwallis fought Daniel Morgan and Nathaniel Greene in Carolinas (Camden, Cowpens, King’s Mountain, Guilford Courthouse) Weakened, Cornwallis got reinforcements; camped at Yorktown
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The British Surrender at Yorktown
4 SECTION The British Surrender at Yorktown Victory at Yorktown • French army landed in Newport, Rhode Island in 1780 • Lafayette’s plan: French, Americans would attack British at Yorktown • French navy defeated British, blockaded Chesapeake Bay • American, French siege Yorktown, shelled British for three weeks • Cornwallis surrendered October 1781
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The British Surrender at Yorktown
4 SECTION The British Surrender at Yorktown Seeking Peace • 1782 peace talks included United States, Britain, France, Spain • American negotiators: John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Jay • Treaty of Paris signed September 1783: - confirmed U.S. independence - set boundaries for the US - ignored Native American rights - promised repayment of debts - no date was set for British evacuation of forts in U.S.
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The War Becomes a Symbol of Liberty
4 SECTION The War Becomes a Symbol of Liberty The Impact on American Society War stimulated egalitarianism - belief in equality of all people Equality for white men; women do not gain legal or political rights African Americans still enslaved; those free faced discrimination Planters in upper South debated morality of slavery; some freed slaves Native Americans continued to be forced off their lands by settlers The Challenge of Creating a Government U.S. attempted to create government by the people, not by a king
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Debating the Revolutionary War
“There never was a good war or a bad peace.” -Benjamin Franklin Write down this quote and what it means to you. After I’ve assigned you a side, you must argue in support of the war, or argue against the war using evidence from the text (pgs ). Consider the political, economic, and social gains and loses experience by your side.
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