Congress Drafts George Washington
The Second Continental Congress designated George Washington the leader of the army that was to besiege Boston (AP 132)
“[Washington], as an aristocrat, he could be counted on by his peers to check “the excesses of the masses.” (AP 132)
Bunker Hill and Hessian Hirelings
From April 1775 to July 1776, the colonists were demonstrating their loyalty to the king by voicing their desire to fix all the problems, while concurrently raising armies and massacring redcoats (AP 133)
In May 1775, an American force, led by Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold, caught the British troops stationed at Ticonderoga and Crown Point. There, they secured a supply of gunpowder and weapons (AP 133)
In June 1775, the colonists captured …show more content…
Leger, who came from the West via Lake Ontario and the Mohawk Valley
General Burgoyne was forced to surrender his army at Saratoga on October 17, 1777 to American general Horatio Gates (this event is known as Burgoyne's Blunder) [AP 145]
This win made it possible for urgently needed aid from France
Strange French Bedfellows
After the April 1775 Lexington shooting, French covertly gave weapons to the Americans (AP …show more content…
To prevent this, the French allied with the Americans in 1778, offering them everything the British gave them, with the exception of independence from the mother country
The Colonial War Becomes A Wider War
In 1779, Spain and Holland allied against Britain (AP 146)
Armed Neutrality - lined up most of the remaining European neutrals, playing them against Britain (Catherine the Great of Russia, 1780) [AP 146]
The British made the choice to leave Philadelphia, making New York City their headquarters (AP 147)
Blow and Counterblow
General Benedict Arnold betrayed America in 1780 (AP 147)
General Nathaniel Greene cleared most of the British out of Georgia and South Carolina (AP 147)
The Land Frontier and the Sea Frontier
The Treaty of Fort Stanwix (of 1784), signed with the Iroquois, represented the first treaty between the Americans and the Native Americans (AP 149)
George Rogers Clark is credited for thinking of capturing the British in the wild Illinois area [1778-1779] (AP 149)
John Paul Jones is called the “father of the navy” (AP 149)
He used the strategy of privateering
Privateering (AP 149)
Private vessels were authorized by a government during war to act as a government ship and attack the
The Second Continental Congress designated George Washington the leader of the army that was to besiege Boston (AP 132)
“[Washington], as an aristocrat, he could be counted on by his peers to check “the excesses of the masses.” (AP 132)
Bunker Hill and Hessian Hirelings
From April 1775 to July 1776, the colonists were demonstrating their loyalty to the king by voicing their desire to fix all the problems, while concurrently raising armies and massacring redcoats (AP 133)
In May 1775, an American force, led by Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold, caught the British troops stationed at Ticonderoga and Crown Point. There, they secured a supply of gunpowder and weapons (AP 133)
In June 1775, the colonists captured …show more content…
Leger, who came from the West via Lake Ontario and the Mohawk Valley
General Burgoyne was forced to surrender his army at Saratoga on October 17, 1777 to American general Horatio Gates (this event is known as Burgoyne's Blunder) [AP 145]
This win made it possible for urgently needed aid from France
Strange French Bedfellows
After the April 1775 Lexington shooting, French covertly gave weapons to the Americans (AP …show more content…
To prevent this, the French allied with the Americans in 1778, offering them everything the British gave them, with the exception of independence from the mother country
The Colonial War Becomes A Wider War
In 1779, Spain and Holland allied against Britain (AP 146)
Armed Neutrality - lined up most of the remaining European neutrals, playing them against Britain (Catherine the Great of Russia, 1780) [AP 146]
The British made the choice to leave Philadelphia, making New York City their headquarters (AP 147)
Blow and Counterblow
General Benedict Arnold betrayed America in 1780 (AP 147)
General Nathaniel Greene cleared most of the British out of Georgia and South Carolina (AP 147)
The Land Frontier and the Sea Frontier
The Treaty of Fort Stanwix (of 1784), signed with the Iroquois, represented the first treaty between the Americans and the Native Americans (AP 149)
George Rogers Clark is credited for thinking of capturing the British in the wild Illinois area [1778-1779] (AP 149)
John Paul Jones is called the “father of the navy” (AP 149)
He used the strategy of privateering
Privateering (AP 149)
Private vessels were authorized by a government during war to act as a government ship and attack the