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Chapter Five: The American Revolution

Brinkley, The Unfinished Nation , 4/e. Chapter Five: The American Revolution. Chapter Five: The American Revolution. The States United   Defining American War Aims Divergent American War Aims  . Chapter Five: The American Revolution. The States United   Defining American War Aims

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Chapter Five: The American Revolution

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  1. Brinkley, The Unfinished Nation, 4/e Chapter Five: The American Revolution

  2. Chapter Five:The American Revolution • The States United   • Defining American War Aims • Divergent American War Aims  

  3. Chapter Five:The American Revolution • The States United   • Defining American War Aims • Divergent American War Aims • Common Sense Common Sense (Library of Congress)

  4. Chapter Five:The American Revolution • The States United • The Declaration for Independence • Independence Declared  “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

  5. Chapter Five:The American Revolution • The States United • The Declaration for Independence • Independence Declared • Articles of Confederation 

  6. Chapter Five:The American Revolution • The States United • The Declaration for Independence • Independence Declared • Articles of Confederation • Thomas Jefferson 

  7. Chapter Five:The American Revolution • The States United • Mobilizing for War • Washington Takes Charge 

  8. Chapter Five:The American Revolution • The War for Independence   • The First Phase: New England • Bunker Hill   The Revolution in the North, 1775-1776

  9. Chapter Five:The American Revolution • The War for Independence   • The First Phase: New England • Bunker Hill • Invasion of Canada

  10. Chapter Five:The American Revolution • The War for Independence   • The Second Phase: The Mid-Atlantic Region • General William Howe The Revolution in the Middle Colonies, 1776-1778

  11. Chapter Five:The American Revolution • The War for Independence   • The Second Phase: The Mid-Atlantic Region • General William Howe • Trenton and Princeton Battles in NY and PA, 1777-1778

  12. Chapter Five:The American Revolution • The War for Independence   • The Second Phase: The Mid-Atlantic Region • General William Howe • Trenton and Princeton • Patriot Victory at Saratoga The Battle of Saratoga

  13. Chapter Five:The American Revolution • The War for Independence   • Securing Aid from Abroad • French Diplomatic Recognition Benjamin Franklin(Portrait Gallery)

  14. Chapter Five:The American Revolution • The War for Independence   • The Final Phase: The South • Britain’s Southern Strategy The Revolution in the South, 1778-1781

  15. Chapter Five:The American Revolution • The War for Independence   • The Final Phase: The South • Britain’s Southern Strategy • “Revolutionary” Conflict in the South

  16. Chapter Five:The American Revolution • The War for Independence   • The Final Phase: The South • Britain’s Southern Strategy • “Revolutionary” Conflict in the South • Guilford Court House

  17. Chapter Five:The American Revolution • The War for Independence   • The Final Phase: The South • Britain’s Southern Strategy • “Revolutionary” Conflict in the South • Guilford Court House • Yorktown

  18. Chapter Five:The American Revolution • The War for Independence   • Winning the Peace • Franklin’s Skillful Diplomacy Benjamin Franklin(Portrait Gallery)

  19. Chapter Five:The American Revolution • War and Society   • Loyalists and Minorities • The Loyalists’ Plight   Tarring and Feathering (Library of Congress)

  20. Chapter Five:The American Revolution • War and Society • The War and Slavery • Exposure to Liberty

  21. Chapter Five:The American Revolution • War and Society • The War and Slavery • Exposure to Liberty • Tension between Liberty and Slavery

  22. Chapter Five:The American Revolution • War and Society • Native Americans and the Revolution  • Native Americans Weakened

  23. Chapter Five:The American Revolution • War and Society • Women’s Rights and Women’s Roles • New Roles for Women  

  24. Chapter Five:The American Revolution • War and Society • Women’s Rights and Women’s Roles • New Roles for Women • Patriarchy Strengthened

  25. Chapter Five:The American Revolution • War and Society • The War Economy • New Patterns of Trade

  26. Chapter Five:The American Revolution • The Creation of State Governments   • The Assumptions of Republicanism • Rhetoric of Equality "All men are created equal..."

  27. Chapter Five:The American Revolution • The Creation of State Governments   • The Assumptions of Republicanism • Rhetoric of Equality • Rhetoric of Inequality

  28. Chapter Five:The American Revolution • The Creation of State Governments   • The First State Constitutions • Curbing Executive Power

  29. Chapter Five:The American Revolution • The Creation of State Governments   • Revising State Governments • Massachusetts’s Constitution

  30. Chapter Five:The American Revolution • The Creation of State Governments   • Toleration and Slavery • Statute of Religious Liberty

  31. Chapter Five:The American Revolution • The Creation of State Governments   • Toleration and Slavery • Statute of Religious Liberty • Reasons for Slavery’s Persistence “Maintaining Slavery is like holding a “Wolf by the Ears…” Thomas Jefferson

  32. Chapter Five:The American Revolution • The Search for a National Government   • The Confederation • Limited Power of the National Government

  33. Chapter Five:The American Revolution • The Search for a National Government  • Diplomatic Failures • Postwar Problems with Britain  

  34. Chapter Five:The American Revolution • The Search for a National Government  • Diplomatic Failures • Postwar Problems with Britain • Regional Differences over Diplomatic Policy  

  35. Chapter Five:The American Revolution • The Search for a National Government  • The Confederation and the Northwest • Ordinances of 1784 and 1785  Land Survey: Ordinance of 1785

  36. Chapter Five:The American Revolution • The Search for a National Government  • The Confederation and the Northwest • Ordinances of 1784 and 1785 • The Northwest Ordinance 

  37. Chapter Five:The American Revolution • The Search for a National Government  • Indians and the Western Lands • Battle of Fallen Timbers  

  38. Chapter Five:The American Revolution • The Search for a National Government  • Debts, Taxes, and Daniel Shays  • Fiscal Crisis

  39. Chapter Five:The American Revolution • The Search for a National Government  • Debts, Taxes, and Daniel Shays  • Fiscal Crisis • “Continental Impost” Rejected

  40. Chapter Five:The American Revolution • The Search for a National Government  • Debts, Taxes, and Daniel Shays  • Fiscal Crisis • “Continental Impost” Rejected • Consequences of Shays’s Rebellion

  41. Chapter Five:The American Revolution • Debating the Past: The American Revolution 

  42. Chapter Five:The American Revolution • America in the World: The Age of Revolutions  “These are the times that try men's souls…” - Thomas Paine

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