AMERICAN REVOLUTION – IDEOLOGICAL, MILITARY
AND DIPLOMATIC ASPECTS – 1776-1783
• Written by Thomas Jefferson, it outlines the
reasons why the U.S. is separating from Great
Britain
AMERICAN REVOLUTION – IDEOLOGICAL, MILITARY
AND DIPLOMATIC ASPECTS – 1776-1783
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
AMERICAN REVOLUTION – IDEOLOGICAL, MILITARY
AND DIPLOMATIC ASPECTS – 1776-1783
• The English enlightenment philosopher from
whom Thomas Jefferson drew the ideas of “all
men are created equal” and “men are entitled
to life, liberty, and property”
AMERICAN REVOLUTION – IDEOLOGICAL, MILITARY
AND DIPLOMATIC ASPECTS – 1776-1783
• JOHN LOCKE
AMERICAN REVOLUTION – IDEOLOGICAL, MILITARY
AND DIPLOMATIC ASPECTS – 1776-1783
• He is considered to be the American
enlightenment thinker and was sent to Paris
as part of the negotiation team demanding
Britain’s recognition of American
independence
AMERICAN REVOLUTION – IDEOLOGICAL, MILITARY
AND DIPLOMATIC ASPECTS – 1776-1783
• BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
AMERICAN REVOLUTION – IDEOLOGICAL, MILITARY
AND DIPLOMATIC ASPECTS – 1776-1783
• The turning point of the Revolution (Oct.
1777) when the French began to openly aid
the American rebels against the British
AMERICAN REVOLUTION – IDEOLOGICAL, MILITARY
AND DIPLOMATIC ASPECTS – 1776-1783
• BATTLE OF SARATOGA
AMERICAN REVOLUTION – IDEOLOGICAL, MILITARY
AND DIPLOMATIC ASPECTS – 1776-1783
• The hardest winter of Gen. Washington’s
command was spent here (1777-78)
• Baron von Steuben (a Prussian) arrived to
assist with the training of the troops into a
professional military unit
AMERICAN REVOLUTION – IDEOLOGICAL, MILITARY
AND DIPLOMATIC ASPECTS – 1776-1783
• VALLEY FORGE, VA
AMERICAN REVOLUTION – IDEOLOGICAL, MILITARY
AND DIPLOMATIC ASPECTS – 1776-1783
• On Christmas night, 1776, Washington crossed
this River into Trenton, NJ, surprising the
Hessian soldiers who were surprised by the
attack.
• Americans won a much-needed victory here at
Trenton and a week later at Princeton, NJ to
boost their morale
AMERICAN REVOLUTION – IDEOLOGICAL, MILITARY
AND DIPLOMATIC ASPECTS – 1776-1783
• DELAWARE RIVER
AMERICAN REVOLUTION – IDEOLOGICAL, MILITARY
AND DIPLOMATIC ASPECTS – 1776-1783
• Leader of the Continental Army for the U.S.
• Men willing to follow him because of his
leadership skills and strong character (not
because he was a military tactitian)
AMERICAN REVOLUTION – IDEOLOGICAL, MILITARY
AND DIPLOMATIC ASPECTS – 1776-1783
• GEORGE WASHINGTON
AMERICAN REVOLUTION – IDEOLOGICAL, MILITARY
AND DIPLOMATIC ASPECTS – 1776-1783
• He arrived from France and assisted George
Washington at Valley Forge. He lobbied for
French reinforcements in France in 1779
• He was also at Yorktown when Cornwallis was
defeated
AMERICAN REVOLUTION – IDEOLOGICAL, MILITARY
AND DIPLOMATIC ASPECTS – 1776-1783
• MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE
AMERICAN REVOLUTION – IDEOLOGICAL, MILITARY
AND DIPLOMATIC ASPECTS – 1776-1783
• He was the British general who surrendered at
Yorktown in October 1781 giving the victory to
the Americans
AMERICAN REVOLUTION – IDEOLOGICAL, MILITARY
AND DIPLOMATIC ASPECTS – 1776-1783
• GENERAL CORNWALLIS
AMERICAN REVOLUTION – IDEOLOGICAL, MILITARY
AND DIPLOMATIC ASPECTS – 1776-1783
• This battle ended the American Revolution
and resulted in a British surrender when
Cornwallis’s men were bottled up on a
peninsula in Virginia from troops by land and
the French by sea
AMERICAN REVOLUTION – IDEOLOGICAL, MILITARY
AND DIPLOMATIC ASPECTS – 1776-1783
• BATTLE OF YORKTOWN
AMERICAN REVOLUTION – IDEOLOGICAL, MILITARY
AND DIPLOMATIC ASPECTS – 1776-1783
• The terms of this treaty in 1783 set the
boundaries of the new nation from the
Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River and
from Canada to Florida
AMERICAN REVOLUTION – IDEOLOGICAL, MILITARY
AND DIPLOMATIC ASPECTS – 1776-1783
• TREATY OF PARIS OF 1783