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The American Revolution Chapter 6. I. Washington’s Narrow Escape.

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1 The American Revolution Chapter 6

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3 I. Washington’s Narrow Escape

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5 The American Crisis

6 II. Two Victories Late in 1776 Trenton

7 George Washington Crossing the Delaware By Emanuel Leutze - 1851

8 II. Two Victories Late in 1776 Trenton Princeton

9 III.American Society at War Choosing Sides

10 III.American Society at War Choosing Sides Militia and Army

11 III.American Society at War Choosing Sides Militia and Army Finance and Supply

12 IV. Setbacks for the British Burgoyne’s Plan

13 IV. Setbacks for the British Burgoyne’s Plan Saratoga

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15 Horatio Gates By Charles Willson Peale, 1782 (from life)

16 “Humanity has won its battle. Liberty now has a country” - Lafayette

17 IV. Setbacks for the British Burgoyne’s Plan Saratoga Alliance with France

18 V. 1778: Both Sides Regroup Shift in Focus

19 V. 1778: Both Sides Regroup Shift in Focus Valley Forge

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21 Revolutionary War Cabin Re-Creation

22 Washington and Lafayette at Valley Forge

23 Von Steuben

24 "To see the men without clothes to cover their nakedness, without blankets to lie upon, without shoes...without a house or hut to cover them until those could be built, and submitting without a murmur, is a proof of patience and obedience which, in my opinion, can scarcely be paralleled." George Washington at Valley Forge, April 21, 1778

25 VI. War in the South Savannah and Charleston The Carolinas

26 VI. War in the South Savannah and Charleston The Carolinas

27 Nathanael Greene By Charles Willson Peale

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30 Christ Church in Savannah Site of Greene’s funeral

31 Greene Monument Johnson Square, Savannah

32 VII. Yorktown

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34 Cornwallis

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36 Nelson House Main Street Restored mansion of Georgian architecture. Home of Thomas Nelson, Jr., a signer of the Declaration of Independence, Governor of Virginia, and commander of the Virginia Militia during the siege of

37 Swan Tavern

38 Yorktown Victory Monument Main Street Commissioned by the Continental Congress in 1781 to commemorate the great victory at Yorktown. Constructed between 1881 and 1884.

39 VIII. Peace of Paris

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43 Washington Goes Home

44 Fraunces Tavern

45 Mount Vernon

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47 IX. The Political Revolution Republican Ideology New State Constitutions Articles of Confederation

48 Independence Hall

49 X. The Social Revolution Equality and Its Limits The Paradox of Slavery The Status of Women Freedom of Religion

50 XI. The Emergence of an American Culture


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