HIST 105 1nd Edition Lecture 14 I II III I Outline of previous lecture Leading up to revolution a Tea act b Boston tea party c Intolerable acts d Quebec act e First continental congress Tomas pain a Common sense Dec of independence a Rights b Grievances Outline of current lecture War a Battle bunker hill b Victories These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute II c Saratoga d Peace a Constitution First The war British Strengths 4X population manufacturing base experienced well trained army Hessians German mercenaries o English had enough money to hire other people Dominant navy in the world Colonial strengths Unconventional warfare o Minute men took shots behind trees not during war Vast terrain Commitment o Political ideology idea for democracy o Families and homes Fight harder when have to protect them Women Mercy Otis Warren o Pamphlets plays Money and clothing for the army o To support continental army all men would be tyrants if they could o Abigail Adams Battle of Bunker Hill June 17 1776 o Lexington and concord was in April British prevailed and win for the British o 3 attempts American could fight o Sir William Howe Guy in charge Goes to New York At the same time is Admiral Richard Howe British fleets Lots of soldiers British action British departed Boston Jan 1776 British arrive in New York July 1776 o Attractions Ports Supplies Loyalists Loyal to the crown in New York None left in Boston Final attempt at Reconciliation Fall 1776 Demanded revocation of Declaration War Washington defeated in New York o Brooklyn Heights o Kip s Bay Victories Trenton NJ o December 1776 George Washington crossing Delaware river Into Trenton Beat the British German merchants there o Princeton NJ British plan South Gen William Howe North Gen John Burgoyne Saratoga 1777 Colonial Victory o Colonial vs British o Gen Horatio Gates American won o France influenced Backed up the colonies o Abigail Adams to Brattle Street Church Thanked god for this colonial victory British Southern Campaign Loyalists o Carolina and Georgia Allows British to move inland Slaves o If you will fight with British people the slaves received freedom Savannah Charleston o Move inland Failure o Nathanial Greene Knows how to fight in the woods o Guerrilla tactics Shoot from behind the trees o Lines overextended Supplies had to go through Savannah and Charleston Things moved slowly Native Americans Iroquois side with British o Trade o Proclamation on 1763 African Americans Fight o Northward No need for slavery o Behind British lines o Native Americans i e Seminoles Lord Dunmore 1776 Virginia Fought with British Back to slavery after the war o Some did escape to England African enslaved in Caribbean o Didn t get the get out of jail card that Dunmore promised The End Yorktown Virginia October 1781 British General Charles Cornwallis Americans French Soldiers French Navy Peace 1783 American Independence Western boundary at Mississippi River British forces are out o War 1812 English are still there British Colonies in Rebellion 13 out of 36 13 original colonies revolted Sitting it out Canada o British military presence Caribbean colonies o British trade o British protection Crafting a Constitution Constitutionalism States o Charters out o Constitutions in Sovereignty in the people Written constitutions Gov t within constitutional limits
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