focus: end of war date: october 29, 2012 read the following excerpt and answer the questions: there...
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Focus: End of WarDate: October 29, 2012
Read the following excerpt and answer the questions:There was as much sorrow as joy….We had lived together as a family of brothers for several years, setting aside some little family squabbles, like most other families, had shared with each other the hardships, dangers, and sufferings incident to a soldier’s life; had sympathized with each other in trouble and sickness; had assisted in bearing each other’s burdens…. And now we were to be…parted forever.
-Joseph Plumb Martin, quoted in The Revolutionaries
1. How does Joseph Plumb Martin react to the end of the war? Do you think other soldiers felt as he did?
2. Give an example from your own experience of ties forged through shared difficulties.
Objective: explain the issues surrounding important events of the American Revolution, including fighting the battle of Yorktown; and signing the Treaty of Paris of 1783.
Battle of Yorktown
Surrender of the British
Army
October 19, 1781
The Path to Victory
Who won? Why did they win? What were the important results?1. Charles
Town
2. Camden
3. Yorktown
British
British
Americans
Used Savannah as base
Surrounded city
Americans-
Badly equipped & hungry
Gates made mistakes
They & French allies trapped Cornwallis on peninsula
Americans lost 5,000 troops, almost entire S. army
Worst defeat of war
American morale fell even more
Gates lost his command
Won war for America
A. Analyzing causes and Recognizing Effects Write answers to the questions about each of the Revolutionary War battles listed below.
Chapter 7 Section 4 The Legacy of the War p. 25, p. 195
Better
LeadershipForeign
aidKnowledge of the land Motivation
American Victory
Advantage Advantage Advantage Advantage
B. Recognizing Effects Use the chart below to take notes about the legacy of the war.
Issues After the War
1.US was Independent
2.Boundaries were Miss. River, Canada & Florida
3.US received right to fish off Canada
4.Each side repay debts
5.British return slaves captured
6.Return of seized Loyalist property
Costs of the WarTerms of the Treaty
B. Recognizing Effects Use the chart below to take notes about the legacy of the war.
Issues After the War
1.US was Independent
2.Boundaries were Miss. River, Canada & Florida
3.US received right to fish off Canada
4.Each side repay debts
5.British return slaves captured
6.Return of seized Loyalist property
Costs of the WarTerms of the Treaty
25,700 Americans died
1400 missing
8200 wounded
10,000 British died
War left US with debt of $27 million
B. Recognizing Effects Use the chart below to take notes about the legacy of the war.
Issues After the War
1.US was Independent
2.Boundaries were Miss. River, Canada & Florida
3.US received right to fish off Canada
4.Each side repay debts
5.British return slaves captured
6.Return of seized Loyalist property
Costs of the WarTerms of the Treaty
25,700 Americans died
1400 missing
8200 wounded
10,000 British died
War left US with debt of $27 million
• Americans pursue goal of Republicanism -idea that the people rule
• Called for more religious freedom
• Some Americans wanted to end slavery
• Americans have to decide how to shape their gov’t