chapter 4 the war for independence section 4 winning the war
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Chapter 4 The War for Independence
Section 4
Winning the War
Chapter 4 Section 4 Winning the War
KEY TERMS• Yorktown• Von Steuben• de Lafayette• Cornwallis• Treaty of Paris• egalitarianism
Chapter 4 Section 4 Winning the War
European Allies Shift the Balance Training the Continental Army
• 1778 Prussian captain Friedrich Von Steuben goes to Valley Forge & Trains colonists in fighting skills, field maneuvers of regular arm
• Lafayette join Washington at Valley Forge• Lobbies for French Troops, 1779; leads
command in last years of war
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The British Move South– 1778, British take Savannah – Royal Governor
reinstated– Capture Charles Town, 1780 – Greatest British
Victory of the War– British commander Charles Cornwallis drives
through South Carolina– African Americans escape Patriot Owners, join
British to win freedom
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Colonies on Way to Winning• French land troops at Newport, R.I. 1780• French & Americans attack British at
Yorktown• French navy defeats British and blockades
Chesapeake Bay• American, French siege Yorktown, shell
British for three weeks• Cornwallis surrenders October 1781
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Surrender at Yorktown• 1782 peace talks include U.S., Britain,
France, Spain• American negotiators: John Adams, Ben
Franklin, John Jay• Treaty of Paris signed in September of 1783
– Confirms U.S. Independence– Sets boundaries of new nation– Ignores Native American rights; promises
repayment of debts; no date set for British to withdraw
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War Becomes a Symbol of Liberty• War stimulates belief in equality of all people• However…..
– Equality if for white men only– Women get no legal or political rights– African Americans still enslaved; those African
Americans who are free are discriminated against– Some planters in upper South free slaves; most
do not– Native Americans continue to be forced of land
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The Challenge of Creating a Country
The Challenge of Creating a Government