Outcome of the
Revolution
Why did
America Win?
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1. Better Leadership –
 G. Washington
2. Foreign Aid - $ from enemies
of Britain (France and Spain)
– France helped at last battle…
Yorktown
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3. Americans knew the land
4. Motivation – dreams of
freedom
The Cost of the War
1. 25,000 Americans died
 2. 10,000 British died
 3. many soldiers
received little or no pay
 4. to get food, many sold
land
 5. U.S. deeply in debt
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Treaty of Paris (1782)
established
1. US independent (free)
from England
 2. US boundaries expanded
 3. US received fishing
rights off Canada
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Treaty of Paris (1782)
established
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4. each side repaid debts
owed before the war
5. British to return any
captured slaves
6. Congress recommends
land taken from loyalists to
be returned
Neither side lived up
to the deal
did not return property
 did not repay debts
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Fate of Loyalists

80,000 – 100,000 left for
England or Canada
** changed Canada from
French to English
New State
Governments
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13 formed their own govts.
– duties were divided into 3
branches
 1.Legislative
 2.
Executive
 3. Judicial
Republic

voters choose
representatives to run
government
Ratified
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Approved
Articles of
Confederation
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1st plan of
govt. ratified
(national)
 gave
states
most power –
came from
Congress
problems with the
Articles
1. each state had only
one vote no matter its
size
 2. Congress could not tax
 3. No President
(Executive)
 4. weak overall
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SUMMARY
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QUIZ TIME!
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1. Which of the following is NOT a
reason why America won the
Revolution?
– A.
– B.
– C.
– D.
Foreign Aid
Better Leadership
Guerilla Warfare
British incompetence
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2. T/F More American soldiers died
during the Revolution than British
soldiers.
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3. Which document was created to
establish peace between America and
Britain after the Revolution?
– A.
– B.
– C.
– D.
The Treaty of Ghent
The Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
The Treaty of Geneva
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4. Which group of people changed
Canada from French speaking to
English speaking because of the
massive wave of migration after the
Revolution?
– A.
– B.
– C.
– D.
Loyalists
Patriots
Rebels
Yankees
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5. Which document was created,
before the Revolution was won, that
established law in this new nation?
– A.
– B.
– C.
– D.
The Constitution
The Declaration of Independence
The Treaty of Paris
The Articles of Confederation