The legacy of the War

After the War, the new nation faced issues such as a high national debt and calls for equality!

Key Vocabulary and Key People

Key TermsThe Treaty of Paris

Republicanism

Key PeopleElizabeth Freeman

Richard Allen

A Final Farewell

After the War ended American troops replaced the British Troops

Washington Praised his soldiers for their endurance and perseverance

The Americans were able to beat the British even though they were greatly over matched

Four Reasons for an American victory Better Leadership: British Generals were

overconfident and Washington would learn for his mistakes and come up with a better strategy for victory

Foreign Aid: France and Spain lent America Money to help defeat a rival Britain

Knowledge of the Land: Great Britain could not control the Interior of the colonies and lost the war

Motivation: The Americans had MORE at stake including their lives, freedom, property, and honor

The Treaty of Paris The United States gained their

Independence The Boundaries of the US would be

Expanded The US would get fishing rights in Canada’s

Atlantic Coast Each side would repay each other’s war

Debt Slaves would be returned to slave owners Loyalist Property would be would be

returned to its owners

BREAKDOWN America Got favorable returns for

their victory

America would not repay prewar debts or return Loyalist property

Britain would not return Slaves or give up their military outposts in the Great lakes Region

Gotta PAY the ManUnited States 25,700 Americans Died in

the war with 8,200 wounded and 1,400 Missing compared to 10,000 British Deaths

Soldiers received little pay for their service but received land in the west that they later sell

The War Debt for the revolutionary war was over 27 million dollars to foreign countries

British/Loyalists 100,000 Loyalists

left their property and left the US

Many Loyalists went to Canada and established a new home and culture

Many Slaves and Native Americans lost their property and freedom

Free Enterprise….We’ll pick you Up Competition creates IMPROVED goods and

services at CHEAPER Prices

Property is owned by individuals and businesses

Desire for profit motivates Businesspeople

Individuals decide what to buy as well as what to manufacture and sell

The Government protects the rights above forces businesses to act fairly

More Freedom…More Problems The new colonists would face the problem of

replacing the government with republicanism

People would have to place the value of government ahead of their own interests

At First only FREE WHITE MEN would be allowed to run the government while women would teach the importance of government, honor, duty and willingness to sacrifice

After the War religious freedom was extended and taxes to support religion were abolished

More, More Freedom…More Problems The Struggle of Slavery began to shape our

nation with some states outlawing slavery and some slaves, like Elizabeth Freeman, suing for her freedom

Preacher Richard Allen would form the Free African Society to help Promote freedom

The BIGGEST Problem, however, would be how to form a government that would protect citizen rights and economic freedoms

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