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Do now: In a minimum of 2 lines, who won
the American Revolutionary War and why.
Today, I will be able to explain the outcome of
the American Revolutionary War; the impact
the war had on Americans free and slaves; the
possible hypocritical nature of the AmRev
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5 Jan: Crash Course Review of the AmRev
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6 Jan: The “Articles of Confederation” homework
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7 Jan: The Failure of the A.O.C. and the need for a
more effective document
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8 Jan: The Constitutional Convention homework
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9 Jan: Many Compromises (possible homework)
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You are a new country
You just fought a war for 6+ years
You have a tremendous amount of debt
13 states acting as 1 country or 13 states acting
as 13 countries
North and South very different culturally
(slavery and industry)
What to do about the loyalists?
You do have the Articles of Confederation
which sets up a national government.
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Britain is 3000 miles away (difficult to resupply
and rotate soldiers)
Patriots were spread over a large area, over 1000
miles north to south and 800 miles east to west.
The Patriots knew the land better.
The Patriots were fighting for their freedom,
families, land, etc.
Foreign help from France and Spain