1. Important People in the Revolutionary War
Chapter 6 Notes
Important People in the Revolutionary War

2. Bell Ringer
How did writing the Declaration of Independence change the Revolutionary War?
Consider: They were in the war for a short time with Britain to speak against the Taxing Acts, but they had not yet declared Independence. Consider how once the Declaration of Independence was issued influenced the outcome of the Revolutionary War.

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VERY IMPORTANT PEOPLE
The Boston Massacre was as we learned not a “massacre,” in the classic sense. Samuel Adams, Paul Revere and other propagandists immediately capitalized on this incident, using it to fan colonial passions. Paul Revere assisted the effort by issuing one of his most famous engravings depicting the American version of the event.
The propaganda rallied colonists against the British after the Boston Massacre.

5. Loyalists vs Patriots Patriots Loyalists
Loyalists were LOYAL to England
Patriots were REBELS against England (American Colonists)
Both believed in the opportunities the lands of America offered.
Patriots
Loyalists

6. Founding fathers (there are 4)
James Madison Thomas Jefferson
George Washington John Hancock
Known as "Father of the Constitution" and author of the Bill of Rights.
Member of the Second Continental Congress and commanding general of the Continental Army
Principal author of Constitution and helped write Declaration of Independence
He served as president of the Second Continental Congress.

7. Europeans and the American revolution
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Europeans and the American revolution
Marquis de Lafayette and Baron von Steuben aided the colonists in the Revolutionary War by training special troops, leading troops into battle, and helped attain foreign aid.
Europeans who contributed to the Patriot cause in the American Revolution:
Marquis de Lafayette, Baron von Steuben, General Bernardo de Galvez, and Baron de Kalb
General Bernardo de Galvez Baron de Kalb
Marquis de Lafayette
Baron von Steuben

8. Non-traditional and Rebellious figures in Revolutionary war
Sons of Liberty rebelled against the Stamp Act which required all legal and commercial documents to display a tax stamp.
 Molly Pitcher went to war with the troops
Daughters of Liberty boycotted British goods by weaving their own cloth and brewing herbal tea.
Patrick Henry resisted British taxation without colonial consent.

9. Native and African Americans
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Native and African Americans
American Revolution affected both Native Americans and African Americans.
The issue made Native and Africans Americans want to fight the British because they believed they would have more freedoms by siding with the Patriots.
British General Burgoyne's surrender at Saratoga in the American Revolution

10.
Yankee doodle
1781
American and French forces began a siege- they blocked off British supply and escape routes in hopes the British would surrender . The trap at Yorktown had worked. October 19th, Cornwallis surrendered his troops- the Patriots had won the Battle at Yorktown taking nearly 8,000 British prisoners and 200 guns. A French band played “Yankee Doodle” which was a British song used to taunt the Americans. With the mighty British surrendering to the Americans- it seemed a fitting choice. There were still some small battles at land and sea however the victory at Yorktown convinced the British that it was too costly to pursue. The American Congress (Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay) approved the first draft of the treaty to end the war in April The final Treaty of Paris was signed on September 3, in which Great Britain recognized the United States as an independent nation.

11. Wh0 ended the revolutionary war?
King Louis XVI of France recognized the U.S. independence and signed treaties of alliance with the United States after American victory at Saratoga.
British surrendered October 17, 1777

12. Brain pop
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