Chapter 8, Lesson 4
ACOS #8: Identify major events of the American
Revolution, including the Battles of Lexington and
Concord, Bunker Hill, Saratoga, Trenton, and
Yorktown
ACOS #8a: Describe the social and political
impact of the Declaration of Independence
ACOS #8d: Locate on a map major battle sites of
the American Revolution
The War in the South and
West
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After 3 years of fighting, the British
still had not won the war.
They changed their strategy and
took the fight to the South. They
thought there were more Loyalists in
the South who would help them.
At first, the British were successful.
They captured Savannah, Georgia
and Charleston, South Carolina.
Benedict Arnold
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Britain also had the help of a well
known Continental officer, Benedict
Arnold.
He secretly changed sides and
became a British general.
He is still know today as
a traitor.
http://www.newton.k12.ks.us/tech/ar.htm
(online movie of the treason of BA)
The South Fights Back
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Patriots in the south fought back with
surprise attacks and quick retreats.
Colonel Francis Marion
was so good at these
surprise attacks that
he became known as
the Swamp Fox.
Nathaniel Greene
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The South’s commanders,
Nathanael Greene, plan was to
wear out the British soldiers.
“We fight, get
His smaller army could move
beat, rise, and
faster than the larger British
fight again.”
army.
He forced British General
Charles Cornwallis to chase
him, using up their supplies and
tiring out their soldiers.
Although Cornwallis beat
Greene at every battle, they
could not destroy his army.
British Losing in the West
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George Rogers Clark
and about 200 Patriots
captured British forts
in the Ohio River
Valley.
Bernardo do Gálvez,
Spanish governor of
Louisiana, captured
British forts at Baton
Rouge, Natchez,
Mobile, and Pensacola.
1. Which battles took
place in 1781?
Yorktown, Cowpens,
Guilford Court House, and
Pensacola
2. When did the Battle of
Mobile take place? 1780
3. What other battles took
place in 1780?
King’s Mountain, Camden,
Charleston
4. According to this map, who
had the most victories in the
South and West?
American Colonies
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The War Ends
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In the summer of
1781, the British
army, led by
Cornwallis, was
camped at Yorktown,
Virginia.
Washington marched
his troops south from
New York to Virginia.
The French navy
trapped the British
army at Yorktown.
The British navy
could not defeat the
French navy.
http://www.newton.k12.ks.us/tech/ar.htm
Click on ‘Battles’- click on the
1st ‘Battle of Yorktown’
Surrender at Yorktown
•On October 19, 1781, the British army
surrendered at Yorktown.
•Over 7,000 British soldiers marched out of
Yorktown, laying down their weapons as they
did.
•The Battle of Yorktown was the last big battle
in the war for independence.
•The war continued for 2 more years with small
battles and little fighting.
•According to the graph to the left, about how
many American/French soldiers fought in the
Battle of Yorktown?
About 17,000
•About how many British soldiers were in the
Battle of Yorktown?
Close to 9,000
The Treaty of Paris
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On September 3, 1783,
United States and Britain
signed the Treaty of
Paris.
Two things the Patriots
wanted-they got
1. King George III
agreed the US was an
independent nation.
2. The United States
gained land north to
Canada, west to the
Mississippi River, and
south to Florida.
All green areas now belong to
the United States.
New Challenges
How could slavery exist in a country that
believed in freedom and equality?
 How would the new country rule
themselves?
 What kind of government would
they create to replace
King George III?
 Mercy Otis Warren, a writer,
called the new nation,
“a child just learning to walk’.
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Lesson 4 Vocabulary
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Someone who is not
loyal to his or her
country, a betrayer
To give up to another
in a battle of war
A plan of action for
fighting in a war
traitor
surrender
strategy
Vocabulary Review
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The defeat of an enemy
victory
To move back when an
enemy attacks
retreat
A soldier who is paid to
fight
mercenary
Vocabulary Review
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The crime of fighting against one’s
treason
own government
Freedom from being ruled by
independence
someone else
Freedoms that are protected rights
by law
A statement that declares, or
announces, an idea
declaration
Vocabulary Review
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Not taking sides
neutral
Someone who was
still loyal to the king
Loyalist
A rise in prices
inflation