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EARLY BATTLES OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION

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Timeline of Events of the War

Battle of Lexington & Concord April 19, 1775

Fort Ticonderoga May 10, 1775

Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775 Common Sense, Feb

14,1776 Siege of Charleston, June

1776 Declaration, July 1776

Battles for New York – August – October, 1776

Trenton, December 26, 1776 Princeton, January 2, 1777 Saratoga, September 1777 2nd Saratoga, October 1777 Valley Forge, Dec. 1777 –

June 1778 France joins the war against

Britain, February 6, 1778

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The American Revolutionary War was fought mainly on land and won mainly on the water.

So great was the dependence of the colonists on overseas trade that many in England believed that the rebellion could be suppressed by naval force alone.

Bonhomme Richard In Battle With H.M.S. Serapis

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BATTLE OF TRENTON

Washington Crossing the Delaware

December 26, 1767

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HESSIANS; Continentals re-up

The Continental Army by using surprise as their greatest weapon captured between 900 and 1,000 prisoners and took over Trenton.

Only four Patriots were wounded and their wounds were not severe.

Feeling victorious, the Continental Army continued later that night towards Princeton, New Jersey and again took their enemy by surprise.

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Burgoyne’s Plan - 1777

Capture the Hudson River Valley, thereby cutting New England off from the rest of the country,squeezing it to death.

– sail down Lake Champlain and recapture Fort Ticonderoga. head through the forest to try and attack the Americans.

– Burgoyne was only traveling 22 miles, but it took him 20 days to cover it because he had 600 wagons going through the forest and the muddy marsh with him.

• Over 30 of them were carrying his own personal baggage because even in the wilderness, Gentleman Johnny Burgoyne ate off of silver plates. This gave the Americans time to prepare for the British.

When the British got to Saratoga, their 6,000 man army was outnumbered and after a fierce battle, they lost.

Shortly after, the French decided to help the American cause for freedom. These were the two major turning points in the war, which turned it in

America's favor.

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WHAT WERE THE TWO MAJOR TURNING POINTS OF THE WAR? American victory at Saratoga French entrance into the war to help the

Americans

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General Burgoyne Surrenders

The battles of Saratoga (1777), also known as the Saratoga campaign, helped decide the outcome of the American Revolution. The campaign, fought in upstate New York, permanently ended British hopes of dividing the colonies along the Hudson River.

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BENEDICT ARNOLD

Benedict Arnold, b. Norwich, Conn., Jan. 14, 1741, was an American Revolutionary general and America's most infamous traitor traitor.

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Arnold Leading the Charge at Freeman's Farm

During the second battle of Saratoga on Oct. 7, 1777, Arnold led a headlong charge, captured a key redoubt, was again wounded, and made the British surrender inevitable. One of his soldiers called Arnold "as brave a man as Ever lived."

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ARNOLD’S TREASON

His bitterness, along with a need for money to pay heavy debts, led Arnold to negotiate with the British. He conceived a plan to betray West Point, a post that he commanded

His attempted treachery was revealed when John Andre (left), a British major, was captured in September 1780

carrying Arnold's message. Arnold escaped to the enemy lines and was commissioned a brigadier general in the British army. For his property losses, he claimed and was paid about $10,000

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Washington’s Winter Headquarters

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The People of Valley Forge There were 12,000 men and women of the

Continental Army in Valley Forge on during the winter of 1777.

The Commander-in-Chief was General George Washington.

It was a difficult time for them. – There wasn't enough food or shelter from the weather. – They had lost battles at Brandywine in September and

Germantown in October. – They were discouraged and wondered if they could even win the

war. – The men were as young as eleven and as old as 60. Most of the

soldiers were white, but there were some blacks and Indians. There were even some foreigners there who helped the soldiers.

2,000 died; the others stayed at their posts

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THE NAVAL WAR

An important factor, and one not always remembered, was that the Continental Congress relied heavily on aid from abroad. Aid which included not only muskets and powder, but ultimately ships and men as well.

This aid could only be brought to American shores by water, and to do it required a sea power to counterbalance that of England. The struggle for North America was fought not only at Trenton, Monmouth,and Saratoga, but also in the cold, gray seas off Ushant; off Cadiz, and in the shadows of grim Gibralter and in the tropical waters of the West Indies

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