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Road to the Revolutionary War
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Common Sense
Common Sense was written in 1775-1776 by Thomas Paine. It was written to sho tghe advantages about immediate independence. It was a sucsess because it explained the Revolutionary War. -
Declaration of Independence
The purpose of the Declaration of Independence is to explain seperation. The preamble is the introduction section or chapter.The first section of the Declaration of Independence explains equal rights. The second section of the Declaration of Independence was the most famous, it gives the right to change goverment. The third section of the Declaration of Independence explains freedom. The impact of the Declaration of Indenpendence got support from colonists and colonies. -
Crossing the Delaware
Americans attacked Trenton they crossed the Delaware River. Hessins were guarding the ton or 30,000 german troops. The outcome of Crossing the Delaware is that the Hessians surendered which that gave Washington and his officers confidence -
Retreat from New York
The fighting shifted to the southern colonies. Some outcomes of the Battle of Long Island are British drove the Americans out of Broklen. They also drove them out of New York and into New Jersey. Gen. Washington and the Americans morale was at its lowest. -
Valley Forge Winter 1777
Valley Forge is located in Valley Forge in pennsyvania eighteen miles west of philadelphia. The british were camped in the Contienental Army. For the Americans it was their hardest winter and it caused a lot of trouble.The result of winter made them struggle for war. -
Defending the Frontier
The Americans sent the Virginians to defend the frontier. The Americans had a lot of sucsess like the war was nown as the American war of Independence. The result of the Americans trying to defend the frontier they needed offensive operations. -
British Advance South
General Cornwallis captured Savannah,Georgia and Charleston, South Carolina. Guerrilla tactics are small forces. Francis Morian was a military officer. The southern loyalists wanted to find peaceful forms in the backcountry. -
Brighter Days
The British won the Battle of Kings Moutain. Nathaneal Greene was a major general. The british won the Battle of Cowpens. -
Final Battle Yorktown
General Cornwallis moved to the north. He made the mistake because he ran into other troops and he invaded in on their land.on October 19, 1781 the British General surrendered his army. -
The Battle of Saratoga
The british goal was to take control of the north.British plan names were Freemans Farms,and Bemis Heights. The british failed because they were supposed to capture New York but failed to even make it there. The results of the battle are that both wars are turning points
