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Today, explain how Spain helped the Americans; why the
battles shifted to the South; how women and African
Americans contributed to the war effort.
If you have yet to take the quiz for 6.2/6.3, you should do so
now.
Homework: Read pages 178-80 answer
questions 1-5.
There will be an open note quiz on 6.4/6.5
Wednesday 17 December 2014.
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All chapter 6 quizzes must be completed by
Friday 19 December 2014, or they will be zeroed.
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Monday: Discuss 6.4, complete 6.5 #1-5 for
homework
Tuesday: Cover 6.5
Wednesday: Open note quiz 6.4/6.5
Thursday: Patriot
Friday: Patriot
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Most Natives wanted to remain neutral;
however, if they joined a side in this conflict, it
was normally to help the British as scouts.
Why do you think Natives would join the
British?
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Groups supporting the British: Cherokees, Creeks,
Choctaws, Chickasaws, and Iroquois
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Opened a war on a new front. British now had
to worry about the frontier/land west of the
Mississippi River.
Sent medicine, cloth, muskets, gunpowder, and
cattle to help the Patriots.
By 1779, Spanish began to seize British ships
along the Mississippi and Gulf Coast.
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Britain wasn’t successful in controlling New England
and had limited success in the Middle States, so they
shifted their focus to the Southern States.
Britain is hoping to attract new soldiers, primarily
loyalists from the backcountry.
Gen Clinton leads British soldiers (1778-79), captures
Savannah, GA, /Charleston, SC, /and Camden, SC
Washington: “I have almost ceased to hope…” after
hearing about these loses.
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“Father of the U.S. Navy”
Attacked a British warship that was protecting
merchants ships off the coast of Britain
“I have not yet begun to fight!...”
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Women could care of the homestead when men were
away (planting and harvesting crops), continued to
raise/educate children.
“Hand Betsy the Blacksmith” known for making
cannons and guns for the army
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Women made clothes to send to the front.
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Betsy Ross sewed flags for Washington’s army
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Mary Ludwig Hays “Molly Pitcher”, brought water to
soldiers during battles.
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Many African Americans fought on the British side.
WHY?
9000 African American men fought for the Patriots
during the war.
In January 1778, General Washington had given his
approval to Rhode Island's plan to raise an entire
regiment of black slaves. Over the next five years 250
former slave and freedmen served in the 1st Rhode
Island Regiment. Massachusetts' all-black unit, the
Bucks of America under Samuel Middleton, the only
black commissioned officer in the Continental Army,
probably also had its origins early in 1778.
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Hoped the war would bring an end to slavery
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“All men are created equal (T. Jefferson)”
“the colonists are by the law of nature free born, as
indeed all men are, white or black (J. Otis)”
PA, MA, and NH outlaw slavery.
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Level 0 the entire period. Talking will result in a
lowering of your grade.
Spread out
Clear your desk except for the materials stated at the
beginning of class. If you’re caught using someone
else’s resource you and that person will lose 5 pts each.
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Eyes on your own paper.
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Quietly occupy your time once you’re done.