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The American Revolution

The American Revolution. Battles. Fort Ticonderoga, NY 1775. Patriots needed weapons earlier captured British fort dragged 59 cannons, 2300 pounds of lead to Boston (300 miles). Bunker Hill, MA June 16, 1775. Patriots built fort on hill British stormed it 3 times

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The American Revolution

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  1. The American Revolution Battles

  2. Fort Ticonderoga, NY1775 • Patriots needed weapons • earlier captured British fort • dragged 59 cannons, 2300 pounds of lead to Boston (300 miles)

  3. Bunker Hill, MAJune 16, 1775 • Patriots built fort on hill • British stormed it 3 times • Patriots ran out of gunpowder • British took the hill • 1000 British casualties • 500 Patriot casualties

  4. Dorchester Heights, MAMarch 4, 1776 • Patriots placed cannons on hills • aimed at British ships in Boston Harbor • British left Boston • fled to Canada • over 100 ships • 9,000 soldiers • 1100 Loyalists

  5. New York City, NYAugust 27, 1776 • 2 days of fighting • British lost 377 men • Patriots lost 1407 • British took the city • Americans were inexperienced • British let Patriots retreat

  6. Trenton, NJ Dec. 25, 1776 • Patriots crossed Delaware River • snowstorm • caught Hessian mercenaries (British side) by surprise • Patriots took 868 POWs • no Patriots died • boost to American morale

  7. Saratoga, NYOct. 17, 1777 • British want to divide Patriots by taking NY • General Burgoyne led 8000 British & Indians from Canada to NY • slowed by trees, rivers • met by rebels who outnumbered them • British surrendered • boost to American morale • after France & Spain became allies

  8. Valley Forge, PAend of 1777 to start of 1778 • Americans camped there for winter • short of food, clothing, shoes, blankets • farmers sold food to British (not Patriots) for gold • von Steuben from Prussia trained them • Lafayette from France brought clothing

  9. Monmouth, NJJune 28, 1778 • British left Philadelphia & retreated to NY • Americans chased them across NJ • battle • Washington rallied his men • British crossed Hudson River to NYC • British failed to capture any northern state

  10. Battles in the South1780 • British invaded the south • Americans used guerrilla warfare…quick hit-and-run raids • chased British to exhaustion • British retreated to Yorktown, VA

  11. Yorktown, VAOct. 6-19, 1781 • 16,000 Americans & French trapped British by land • 8000 British waited to be rescued • 29 French warships closed off Chesapeake Bay • British surrendered • last big battle of war

  12. Treaty of Paris1783 • peace treaty (agreement) between U.S. and Britain • Britain recognized U.S. as independent nation • Britain gave up land between Atlantic and Mississippi • U.S. agreed to return property to Loyalists

  13. Results of the American Revolution • Americans won their independence • 25,000 Americans died - 6,200 in battle - 10,000 from diseases - 8,500 as prisoners • inspired struggle for independence in other places - France - Latin America

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