I.
The
War in 1776
A. Attack on Canada (Aug. –
Dec. June, 1776)
B. Moore’s Creek Bridge (Feb.,
1776)
C. British retreat from Boston
(Mar., 1776)
D. Attempt on Charleston (June,
1776)
II.
War
in the Northeast
A. The Campaign for New York:
Aug. – Dec., 1776 (William Howe vs. George Washington)
1.
NY
was key
2.
Battle
of Long Island
3.
Americans
Flee
4.
Nathan
Hale
5.
Significance
of Battles for New York
B. Trenton: Dec., 1776 (Hessian
Commander Colonel Johann Rahl v. Washington at Trenton)
1.
"Necessity,
Dire Necessity"
2.
Crossing
the Delaware
3.
Surprise
Attack and Surrender
4.
Importance
of Victory
C. Princeton: Jan., 1777 (Gen.
Charles Cornwallis v. Washington)
1.
Washington
Stops Retreat at Princeton
2.
Importance
of These Battles
D. Brandywine and Germantown:
July, 1777 (Gen. Howe v. Washington)
1.
Fight
at Brandywine Creek
2.
Howe
Enters Philadelphia
3.
Americans
Attack at Germantown
4.
Significance
of These Battles
E. Valley Forge
1.
Terrible
Conditions
2.
Baron
von Steuben
F. Saratoga (Gen. John Burgoyne
v. Gen. Horatio Gates and Benedict Arnold.)
1.
Burgoyne's
Campaign down from Canada
2.
Gen.
Burgoyne
3.
Burgoyne's
First Obstacle - Fort Ticonderoga
4.
Burgoyne's
Plan to Meet Gen. Barry St. Leger and Howe at Albany
5.
St.
Leger's Defeat at Oriskany and Hessian Defeat at Bennington
6.
American
Rifleman under Daniel Morgan
7.
Benedict
Arnold's Role
G. The Alliance with France
1.
France's
Role to this point
2.
Franklin’s
Role
3.
The
Franco-American Treaty
4.
How
entry of French changed strategy of British.
H. Monmouth (Washington v. Sir
Henry Clinton)
1.
Clinton
is ordered to remove to NY
2.
Dissension
in American Army and Gen. Charles Lee
3.
Lee
Retreats at Monmouth
4.
Washington
Inspires Troops
5.
Story
of Molly Pitcher
6.
Significance of Battle
III.
Vincennes:
1778 – Feb., 1779 (George Rogers Clark v. Henry Hamilton)
1.
Clark
recaptures Vincennes
2.
Importance
of Clark's Victory
IV.
Naval
Battles
A. Privateers
B. John Paul Jones (Bonhomme
Richard v. Serapis)
C. Pursuit of Empire
V.
The
War in the South: British Victories
A. New British Strategy
B. Fall of Savannah: Dec. 1778
C. The Tory War
1.
Banastre
Tarleton
2.
Francis
Marion - the Swamp Fox
D. Charleston: May, 1780
E. Camden: Aug., 1780 (Horatio
Gates v. Charles Cornwallis)
VI.
Benedict
Arnold and West Point
A. Importance of West Point
B. Arnold's Plan
C. Capture of Major John Andre
D. Arnold's Escape and Andre's
Execution
VII.
The
War in the South: A Turn of Fortune
A. King's Mountain: Oct., 1780
(Frontiersmen v. Patrick Ferguson's Loyalists)
B. Cowpens: Jan., 1781 (Daniel
Morgan v. Banastre Tarleton)
1.
Morgan's
Strategy at Cowpens
2.
Impact
of Battle
C. Guilford Courthouse: Mar.,
1781 (Nathanael Greene v. Charles Cornwallis)
1.
Greene's
Strategy in the Carolinas
2.
Cornwallis'
Tactics at Guilford Courthouse
3.
Aftermath
of the Battle
D. Yorktown
1.
Economic
Problems of Americans and French - Desperate Situation
2.
Strategy
of Washington and Rochambeau
3.
Naval
victory of De Grasse
4.
Siege
of Yorktown and British Surrender
5.
Reaction
in England
6.
How
Washington saved the Revolution after Yorktown
VIII.
Why
did the Americans Win?
IX.
The
Treaty of Paris
A. American Negotiaters (Ben
Franklin, John Adam and John Jay)
B. What France Wanted
C. What England wanted
D. The Treaty
1.
Great
Britain recognized independence of the US
2.
Great
Britain recognized the US' claims to the territory west to the Mississippi and
from Great Lakes to Florida
3.
Florida
returned to Spain
4.
US
gets fishing privileges off Newfoundland
5.
Britain
agrees to withdraw their troops from American soil
6.
US
agrees
a)
British can collect debts owed by Americans
b)
Congress would urge the states to restore to the Loyalists
the property they'd confiscated and would prevent further confiscation of
property
c)
England and US could mavigate the Mississippi
E.
Analysis: Why Americans got
favorable terms