1. The American Revolution
Sizing Up The Armies
The Strategy of War
“A World Turned Upside Down”

2. The Battle of Bunker Hill June 16,1775
Fought outside Boston. It is a fortified area on Breed’s Hill filled with several thousand colonists.
The battle shows that the colonists will fight if protected from British fire.

3. The Battle of Saratoga, August- October 1777
The British are harassed by colonial guerilla forces and end up stretching their supply lines.
The British will surrender to the Colonial forces led by General Horatio Gates
Saratoga is important because it is a major defeat for the British and shows the French that the colonies may be able to win the war

4. The Battle of Saratoga, August- October 1777
Saratoga is considered the turning point of the war. The French will begin to supply arms, men and their navy to help the colonies.

5. A personal view of the American Revolution
“The ball first cut off the head of Smith, a stout heavy man, and dashed it open, then took Taylor across the bowels; it then struck Sergeant Garret of our company on the hip, took off the point of the hip bone . Oh, What a sight it was to see within a distance of six rods those men with their legs and arms and guns and packs all in a heap!”
Connecticut Soldier, 1777

6. The Battle of Yorktown, October 1781
The French are helping the Continental Army with men, weapons and warships
The Americans and the French will corner the British on a small peninsula and bombard them with cannon fire.
The British will surrender and end the American Revolution.
The colonists will win the American Revolution with this victory.

7. The Battle of Yorktown, October 1781

8. The Treaty of Paris, 1783 THE WAR ENDS WITH THESE CONDITIONS
“free, sovereign and independent states”
British must remove all troops from forts
Boundary for United States is the Mississippi
Loyalist would have rights and property protected
captured slaves must be returned to owners