fighting in the middle states

How did the War Change in 1776?

• The Americans started getting stomped

• The British backed off of New England and started fighting in the Middle Colonies

• In June of 1776 the British Navy arrived outside of New York

• 44k British Vs. 20k Colonists

• British started chasing Washington and his men all over New York and New Jersey

Who was Nathan Hale?

• He was a Colonial Spy from Connecticut

• During New York campaign slipped behind enemy lines

• Captured by the British

• Condemned him to death

• “I only regret that I have but on life to lose for my country.”

How bad was it?

• 1400 Americans were killed or wounded during the battle of Long Island

• Had to retreat into Delaware

• Soldiers sick and dying

• Moral was really low

• Thomas Paine wrote, “The Crisis” to encourage troops and colonists

What was the Battle of Trenton?

• The Colonists needed a victory• Hiding out in Pennsylvania• On December 25, 1776 Washington snuck

the army across the Delaware river into Trenton

• Surprised the troops and captured most of them.

• Raised moral – also lead to victory in Princeton, NJ

Timeline of the American Revolution

• Stamp Acts – 1765

• Townshend Acts – 1767

• Boston Massacre – 1770

• Tea Act – 1773

• Boston Tea Party -1773

Timeline of the American Revolution

• Intolerable Acts – 1774• Lexington & Concord – 1775• Olive Branch Petition - 1775• Battle of Bunker Hill/Breed’s Hill -

1775• Declaration of Independence - 1776