1. The American Revolution

2. Mays HIST 368 5-2 Phase I: 1775-1776

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6. 5-6 Fort Ticonderoga

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9. Mays HIST 368 5-9 Occupied Boston General Thomas Gage William Howe Henry Clinton John Burgoyne

10. 5-10 General William Howe

11. 5-11 General Henry Clinton

12. Mays HIST 368 5-12 General John Burgoyne

13. Mays HIST 368 5-13 The War for Independence –The First Phase: New England Bunker Hill The American Revolution The Revolution in the North, 1775-1776

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15. Mays HIST 368 5-15 June 1775: Bunker Hill

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17. 5-17 Colonel William Prescott

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20. Mays HIST 368 5-20 The States United –Mobilizing for War Washington Takes Charge The American Revolution

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22. Mays HIST 368 5-22 The War for Independence –The First Phase: New England Bunker Hill Invasion of Canada The American Revolution

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24. Mays HIST 368 5-24 The States United –The Declaration for Independence Independence Declared The American Revolution “WE hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness…: - Declaration of Independence

25. Mays HIST 368 5-25 Phase I timeline: April 1775-July 1776 1775 April: Lexington and Concord May: 2 nd Continental Congress May: Fort Ticonderoga June: George Washington appointed June: Bunker Hill Nov- Dec:Canada 1776 Jan: Paine’s Common Sense published March: British evacuate Boston July: Declaration of Independence

26. 5-26 America vs. Great Britain British Army Navy Hessians Loyalists African Americas Native Americas Americans?

27. Mays HIST 368 5-27 The War for Independence –The Second Phase: “The Empire Strikes Back” General William Howe Admiral Richard Howe The American Revolution The Revolution in the Middle Colonies, 1776-1778

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30. Mays HIST 368 5-30 The War for Independence –The Second Phase: The Mid-Atlantic Region General William Howe Trenton and Princeton The American Revolution Battles in NY and PA, 1777-1778

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32. Mays HIST 368 5-32 The War for Independence –The Second Phase: The Mid-Atlantic Region Patriot Victory at Saratoga General John Burgoyne General Horatio Gates The American Revolution The Battle of Saratoga

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34. Mays HIST 368 5-34 The War for Independence –Securing Aid from Abroad French Diplomatic Recognition The American Revolution Benjamin Franklin (Portrait Gallery)

35. 5-35 Phase II Timeline July 76- Feb 78 1776 July: Brits land in NY Aug: Battle of Long Island Sep: Harlem Heights Oct: White Plains “The American Crisis” Dec: Trenton 1777 Jan: Princeton Sep: British take Philadelphia Oct: Saratoga Feb 1778: French recognize US with Treaty of Amity and Commerce

36. Soldiers of the Revolution Mays HIST 368 5-36

37. Militia Mays HIST 368 5-37

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41. Continental soldier loading musket Mays HIST 368 5-41

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