The American Revolution

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The American Revolution

• Heroes and Battles that
• Won the War
• 1776-1783

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Patriots Sacrifice
Redcoats

• Continentals

Continentals

• Great Britain had the most powerful navy in the
  world.
• British soldiers were highly disciplined and
  well-trained
• The soldiers had uniforms and many weapons
• The British could hire mercenaries to fight for
  them
• The war was costly to fight because it was across
  the ocean
• The British people did not like paying taxes for
  the war

• The colonists had no army or navy at first
• Most colonists preferred the local militia to the
  army
• There were no uniforms, few weapons, no pay or
  food
• Many soldiers quit the army
• Americans knew the land
• They had the will to keep fighting

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Battle of Trenton December 25,1776 George
Washington

• Washington knew that the British would not fight
  again until the spring so he planned a surprise
  attack.
• At night on Christmas day his and his troops
  crossed the Delaware river into New Jersey.
• The next morning they surprised the Hessians and
  took more than 900 prisoners.
• British troops advanced toward Trenton to retake
  it.Washingtons troops silently marched past
  British forces.
• Princeton in a brilliant victory over they
  took the red coats.

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Battle for PhiladelphiaSeptember,1777

• By spring ,1777, Washington received weapons from
  France and rebuilt his army. British General Howe
  wanted to take the patriots capital,
  Philadelphia.
• Washington placed his troops between Philadelphia
  and Howes forces when they were marching toward
  Chesapeake Bay.
• The British army swung around the Continental
  Army and attacked from behind.The patriots had to
  retreat.
• The British took Philadelphia on September 26.
  The Continental Congress fled to York,
  Pennsylvania.

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Valley Forge February 1778Friedrich Von Steuben

• Washingtons troops were at Winter Camp on Valley
  Forge which is near Philadelphia.
• Friedrich Von Steuben was a solider from the
  German state of Prussia.
• Friedrich Von Steuben helped train Washingtons
  troops in fighting methods that the Europeans
  were using.
• Also, he taught Washingtons troops to be on time
  and always to keep clean.

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Battle at Saratoga October 17 ,1777 Benedict
Arnold

• Benedict Arnold was the chief when he battled in
  Freeman's Farm
• Burgoyne attacked and that time Benedict Arnold
  was in charge and brought the patriots to victory
  .
• In 1780, Washington gave Arnold a command of a
  key fort in New York and told the British.Then
  when the patriots found out he escaped and join
  British.Benedict Arnold was a traitor to the
  patriots in the American Revolution.

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Ohio River Valley 1778George Rogers Clark

• George Rogers Clark decided to try real hard to
  drive out the British from the Ohio River Valley.
• His men helped him to drive the British out, so
  they can go back to Fort Vincennes. The British
  did go back to Fort Vincennes.
• Clark captured several forts including Fort
  Vincennes.
• George got his men to march to the fort wading
  waist-deep and through icy swamp land. Also
  George tricked the British that he had a large
  army.

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Sea Battle April, 1778Captain John Paul Jones

• The British destroyed the Bonhomme Richard, which
  was Captain John Paul Jones battleship with
  cannon balls. So the battleship was left badly
  damaged.
• When Captain John was ready to surrender he
  yelled I have not yet began to fight
• John Paul Jones was by Englands coast trying to
  destroy the British ships.
• Fun fact
• To lift the colonists sprits, they often quoted
  the heroes like John Paul Jones. Their favorite
  song they always sang is Yankee Doodle.
  

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Battle of Swamp Fox in 1780Francis Marion

• Francis Marion was a commander who was the
  patriot in charge of this battle.
• This event happened in 1780.
• The location of this event was Charles town,
  South Carolina.
• Francis Marion won the battle because General
  Nathaniel Greene got beaten by, who was against
  him.
• Francis Marion was a revolutionary war commander
  who fought the British.

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Battle of York Town in 1781James Armistead

• James Armistead was a spy and a patriot in the
  American Revolution.
• This event happened in September - October, 1781.
• The location was York Town.
• He helped defeat the British general, Cornwallis,
  by giving him false information about George
  Washington and the Continental Army.