1. The War Moves West and South
Chapter 6 Section 3

2. War in the West
Joseph Brant led multiple raids near NY and PA
Henry Hamilton- “Hair Buyer”

3. War in the West
George Rogers Clark: takes Vincennes twice from Henry Hamilton

4. Glory at Sea
Britain blockaded American ships and allies from leaving nor entering American harbors.
Blockade- Prevent supplies and troops from entering in or out of harbor.

5. American Navy

6. Private owned ships who worked as mercenaries
Privateers
Private owned ships who worked as mercenaries
John Paul Jones:
Fought ‘Serapis’
His own ship sunk, but captured ‘Serapis’

7. War at the South Strongest loyalist population in the South
British general captured Charlestown, South Carolina and took thousands of prisoners
Worst defeat for Patriots

8. War at the South
British general Charles Cornwallis takes Camden, North Carolina but can not hold it because of Guerilla Warfare

9. Francis Marion: “Swamp Fox”
Guerilla Warfare
Hit-and-Run Tactics
Francis Marion: “Swamp Fox”
Guerilla leader who fought in swamps of South Carolina

10. Bernardo de Galvez
Raised a diverse army of Native Americans, Spaniards, African Americans
Took multiple forts ranging from Louisiana to Pensacola, Florida

12. Battle of Kings Mountain

13. Battle of Cowpens
Cornwallis defeats American forces but at a heavy loss
Can’t continue Carolina Campaign
Cornwallis waits at Yorktown, Virginia

14. The War is Won
Chapter 6 Section 4

15. American ‘Original Strategy’
George Washington originally planned to retake New York from British general Henry Clinton
Comte de Rochabeau- French general who commanded 5,000.
Arrived at Newport

16. American ‘Original Strategy’
Problem:
- British trapped French Navy in Newport

17. American New Strategy Lead armies south in secret to attack Yorktown
- Soldiers didn’t even know plan
Deceive British thinking American army will attack New York

18. American New Strategy
Lafayette, Washington, and Rochambeau march down as American-French army
French navy led by Admiral Francois de Grasse meet them at Yorktown

19. Battle of Yorktown Americans/French Washington 14,000
British Cornwallis 7,500
British army completely surprised and Cornwallis surrendered
(American’s sang Yankee Doodle)

20. Treaty Of Paris of 1783 What did it do?
1. Great Britain recognized United States as a nation
2. East coast to Mississippi River and Canada to the top of Florida
3. British withdraw all troops
4. Americans pay British merchant debts
5. Loyalists will get back confiscated land

22. Murica’!

23. Reasons why Americans won
1. Accessible supplies 2. Americans knew land - Ambush: a surprise attack 3. British had a hard time maintaining Carolinas & Saratoga 4. American Alliances 5. Determination and spirit to win -”We may be beaten by the English… but here is an army they will never conquer” --- George Washington

24. Influences of American Revolution
French Revolution (1789)
‘Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity’
Haitian Revolution (Saint Domingue 1791)