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“Shot Heard ‘Round the World” THE MOTHER OF ALL REVOLUTIONS! 1776-1783.
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Transcript of “Shot Heard ‘Round the World” THE MOTHER OF ALL REVOLUTIONS! 1776-1783.
“Shot Heard ‘Round the World”THE MOTHER OF ALL REVOLUTIONS!
1776-1783
Second Continental Congress, May 1775All 13 Colonies
George as head of Continental ArmyDeclaration of the Causes & Necessity of Taking up
ArmsOlive Branch PetitionKing declares colonies in “Rebellion”
Early BattlesTiconderoga and Crown Point, May 1775Bunker Hill, June 1775Hessians hired by the KingInvasion of Canada, October 1775
Declaration of IndependenceNo desire for independence
HessiansBurning of Falmouth and NorfolkPromise to free the slaves
Common Sense, Thomas Paine 1776Colonial policies inconsistentTiny control the large?Moral crusade for true democracy
Richard Henry Lee’s ProposalHuge debate…unanimous vote required!
Committee on IndependenceFranklin, Jefferson, Adams, Sherman, Livingston
3 Major Parts of DeclarationPreamble
Enlightenment reasoning (Locke)“All men created equal”
GrievancesTaxation, trial by jury, military dictatorship,
standing army in peacetime, cutting off trade, burning towns, mercenaries, Indian violence…
Formal DeclarationBroke ties with England
Could solicit foreign aid
Patriots vs. Loyalists:Intercolonial PlayersTories
20%, Chesapeake and Mid AtlanticFear of “mob rule”Older generation
Patriots“Whigs”Center in New EnglandRobert Morris, financier of the RevolutionMinority movement
Highlights of War, 1776-1783English strategy
New England to Middle Colonies Battle of Long Island (25,000 vs. 5,000) Battle of Trenton (Delaware River and the Hessians) Battle of Princeton (British Regiment) Battle of Saratoga – FRENCH AID!!!!
Valley Forge and Baron Von Steuben• ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION*
Chesapeake (Sea and Frontier fighting: “Monster Brandt” and George
Clark in the Ohio Valley) Ports of Charleston and Savannah taken by the British Nathanael Greene in Georgia and South Carolina Battle of Yorktown ends in British surrender!!!
THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION, 1776STRENGHS of the new government?
WEAKNESSES of the new government?