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 Revolutionaries1. 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 & hungryGates made mistakesThey & French allies trapped Cornwallis on peninsula

Americans lost 5,000 troops, almost entire S. armyWorst defeat of warAmerican morale fell even moreGates 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

BetterLeadership

Foreign aid

Knowledge 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 War1.US was

Independent2.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 War1.US was

Independent2.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 War1.US was

Independent2.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