13 Original Colonies vs. Great Britain13 Original Colonies vs. Great Britain1775-17831775-1783

1781-1789s1781-1789s

Student madeStudent made

•Both Great Britain and the Thirteen Original Colonies had many advantages and disadvantages

•Britain’s plan: Their goal was to force the Americans to surrendor and take back control of the colonies Their strategy was to capture seaports and split up and conquer They used old 18th century tactics

•Thirteen Colonies’ (Continental army) plan: Their goal was to preserve their army and wear down the Brits until they get tiredTheir strategy was to hit and run. The only victory that mattered was the last oneThey used guerilla tactics and some 18th century ones as well

• Continental army: General George WashingtonContinental army: General George WashingtonGeneral Benedict ArnoldGeneral Benedict Arnold

General Horatio GatesGeneral Horatio Gates

General Nathaniel GreeneGeneral Nathaniel Greene

General Henry KnoxGeneral Henry Knox

General Charles LeeGeneral Charles Lee

General Benjamin LincolnGeneral Benjamin Lincoln

• Great Britain army: General William Howe and Henry Great Britain army: General William Howe and Henry ClintonClintonGeneral Charles CornwallisGeneral Charles Cornwallis

General John Gentleman Johnny BurgouyneGeneral John Gentleman Johnny Burgouyne

Admiral Richard HoweAdmiral Richard Howe

Lexington and Concord (April 1775)

Fort Ticonderoga (May 1775)

Battle of Bunker Hill (June 1775)

Saratoga (Oct. 1775)

Yorktown (Oct. 1781)

Continental Congress tired of standing by Thomas Jefferson with committee formed wrote it Signed July 4th, 1776- very risky Now United States of America

1781- General Cornwallis surrenders to General George Washington at the Battle or Yorktown Treaty of Paris- 1783- outcome of Revolutionary War

Economy down States very separate with different $$ Needed to unite as a nation

1781-1789 Articles created by Congress 9/13 states had to approve of the articles to make it a law Articles of the Confederation created a weak central government Period known as the “critical period”