1. Fighting for Liberty on Many Fronts The American Revolution
The American Nation
Chapter 6 – Section 4
Fighting for Liberty on Many Fronts
The American Revolution
1775–1783
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2. Fighting for Liberty on Many Fronts
Chapter 6, Section 4
Objectives to learn:
What role did women play in the war?
What choices did African Americans have?
How was the war fought on the frontier and at sea?

3. Onlevel - Roles of women, African Americans, and Native Americans during the war
Read and complete “Battle of Monmouth” worksheet
Read and complete “John Paul Jones: The Battle at Sea” worksheet

4. Honors - Roles/Life for women, civilians, African Americans, and Native Americans during the war
Read and complete “Battle of Monmouth” worksheet
Read “Civilians” and summarize what life was like for them.
Read and complete “John Paul Jones: The Battle at Sea” worksheet

5. Women Played a Role in the War
Chapter 6, Section 4
Women took on added work at home.
Some women joined their husbands at the front (Martha Washington).
Betsy Ross sewed flags for Washington’s army. Legend claims she made the first American flag of stars and stripes.
A few women took part in battle, for example, Mary Ludwig Hays, known as Molly Pitcher, carried water to her husband and other soldiers at the Battle of Monmouth of 1778.
Results: New attitudes to liberty and freedom for women

6. The Story of Betsy Ross

7. The Story of Molly Pitcher – Battle of Monmouth
Discussion questions for Battle of Monmouth

8. Life for Civilians

9. African Americans Faced Hard Choices
Chapter 6, Section 4
Some African Americans served in the United States Army. (At first were not allowed to serve, but Washington changed this.)
Some served in the newly formed United States Navy.
Some were minutemen.
Some were spies (James Armistead and Saul Matthews).
Some enslaved African Americans looked for freedom by following British troops.
Hope of Revolution ending slavery – in the 1770s and in the Revolution, there is a decline

10. The Conway Cabal
What was it? – An aleged plot to remove George Washington as Commander-in-Chief in 1777.
Who was suppose to replace Washington? – General Horatio Gates or Charles Lee
Why? – Washington had lost most of his battles; where Gates won Saratoga
Other facts:
1. A lot of criticism by Thomas Conway
2. Critics of Washington: Benjamin Rush, John Adams, Samuel Adams, Thomas Mifflin
3. Movement was uncovered by General James Wilkinson revealing details of a letter to Gate from Conway that was critical of Washington.
4. Issue was discussed on the Continental Congress, but Washington emerged stronger than ever

11. Critics of Washington

12. The War in the West and at Sea
Chapter 6, Section 4
Northern Frontier
Mohawk Indians and Loyalists raided settlements in Pennsylvania and New York in 1778.
Patriots struck back by destroying Iroquois villages.
Middle Frontier
George Rogers Clark led Virginians against the British in the Ohio Valley in 1778.
The British surrendered Vincennes in Feb
Southern Frontier
The governor of Spanish (Bernardo de Galvez) Louisiana supplied the Patriots.
Later, he seized British forts along the Mississippi River and Gulf of Mexico. He drove the British out of West Florida.
At Sea
Captain John Paul Jones captured the British warship Serapis.

13. History Channel - American Revolution
DVD – 2 – World at War
Watch the accounts of the following battle areas and answer questions:
Monmouth
War on Frontier
DVD 3 – England’s Last Chance
The Privateers

14. War on the Frontier

15. Fighting on Indian Lands on the Western Frontier

16. War at Sea with John Paul Jones

17. Early American Navy

18. Early American Navy

19. Fighting at Sea with John Paul Jones

20. The War in the West
Chapter 6, Section 4

21. Section 4 Assessment Which statement is true of the Patriot army?
Chapter 6, Section 4
Which statement is true of the Patriot army?
a) All African Americans could join.
b) African Americans could not join at all.
c) Free African Americans could join.
d) Free African Americans could join, but they could serve only as spies.
Which statement is true of the war in the West?
a) Native Americans fought for both sides in the war.
b) Native Americans were chased into the hills and stayed until after the war.
c) Native Americans sided only with the British.
d) Native Americans sided only with the Americans.
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22. Section 4 Assessment Which statement is true of the Patriot army?
Chapter 6, Section 4
Which statement is true of the Patriot army?
a) All African Americans could join.
b) African Americans could not join at all.
c) Free African Americans could join.
d) Free African Americans could join, but they could serve only as spies.
Which statement is true of the war in the West?
a) Native Americans fought for both sides in the war.
b) Native Americans were chased into the hills and stayed until after the war.
c) Native Americans sided only with the British.
d) Native Americans sided only with the Americans.
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23. Homework Read Revolutionary Battles
Complete multiple choice questions that go along with it