12 revolutionary war

Early Defeats

-British capture all major colonialcities

New York

Philadelphia

Boston

Charleston

-Washington’s army in retreat andmany desert

Patriot Victories

-a few victories helped keepmorale up

-Dec. 1776 at Trenton

Jan. 1777 at Princeton

Turning Point

-large British force defeated atSaratoga Oct. 1777

-kept British near the coastline

-helped colonists get Frenchhelp in the war effort

-turning point of the war

Valley Forge

-camp site of Washington’sarmy during winter of 1777-78.

-British forces occupied nearbycities

-many soldiers died of cold andstarvation

-Congress struggled to gainsupplies for the army

-lack of central gov’t

Civilian Life

-inflation

-shortage of goods

-women took over the work ofmen

-some women helped the militaryeffort

Foreign Help

-foreign military leaders offeredprofessional training for thearmy

-Friedrich von Steuben

Prussian officer who trainedpatriot soldiers

-Marquis de Lafayette

led volunteer army from France

Southern Campaign

-British strategy changed tosplitting the colonies

-Charleston

captured by Cornwallis

-Kings Mtn

Patriot

-Cowpens

Patriot

War’s End

-Guilford Courthouse

costly British victory

-retreat to Yorktown

-surrounded by French andAmericans

-Cornwallis surrenders Oct, 1781

Treaty of Paris

-Treaty of Paris 1783

-recognized U.S. independence

-set boundaries to the Mississippi

-some provisions of the treaty willlead to trouble later

Symbol to the World

-liberty

-freedom

-equality

-opportunity

-belief in a greater cause

-set a precedent for theAmerican future