QOD 1/18 What event is shown in this painting?

The End of the War

I) The End of the War

A) The British Mistake

I) The End of the War

A) The British Mistake1) The British received word that the French were going to land in New England

I) The End of the War

A) The British Mistake1) The British received word that the French were going to land in New England

2) With this knowledge, they could destroy them before they reached shore

I) The End of the War

A) The British Mistake1) The British received word that the French were going to land in New England

2) With this knowledge, they could destroy them before they reached shore

3) They abandoned Philadelphia and moved to New York

I) The End of the War

A) The British Mistake1) The British received word that the French were going to land in New England

2) With this knowledge, they could destroy them before they reached shore

3) They abandoned Philadelphia and moved to New York

a. In NY, Washington attacked the British, taking their focus off of the French, which allowed them to reach shore

B) War in the South

1) Gen. Cornwallis spent his time chasing after the “Swamp Fox” Francis Marion

B) War in the South

1) Gen. Cornwallis spent his time chasing after the “Swamp Fox” Francis Marion

2) Marion fought a guerrilla war causing the British headaches

B) War in the South

1) Gen. Cornwallis spent his time chasing after the “Swamp Fox” Francis Marion

2) Marion fought a guerrilla war causing the British headaches

3) Eventually, Cornwallis grew tired of chasing Marion and moved his troops to Yorktown

C) War in the West

1) GRC

C) War in the West

1) GRC

2) Spain joined the war in 1779, and began attacking the British along the Mississippi River

D) Victory in Yorktown

1) Cornwallis was content in Yorktown

D) Victory in Yorktown

1) Cornwallis was content in Yorktowna. it was on a bay protected by the Navy

D) Victory in Yorktown

1) Cornwallis was content in Yorktowna. it was on a bay protected by the Navy

b. he could easily be resupplied

D) Victory in Yorktown

1) Cornwallis was content in Yorktowna. it was on a bay protected by the Navy

b. he could easily be resupplied

c. he could get his troops out easily by ship

D) Victory in Yorktown

2) However, Washington marched in from the North surrounding Yorktown on land, and the French brought 28 warships and troops from the south to seal off the bay and capture Yorktown

D) Victory in Yorktown

2) However, Washington marched in from the North surrounding Yorktown on land, and the French brought 28 warships and troops from the south to seal off the bay and capture Yorktown

Time line event: October 19, 1781 = Americans win at Yorktown

D) Victory in Yorktown

3) Cornwallis an his 8,000 troops were forced to surrender.

E) Treaty of Paris (1783)

1) After Yorktown, the British began peace talks

E) Treaty of Paris (1783)

1) After Yorktown, the British began peace talks

2) It would take nearly 2 years for the final agreement:

E) Treaty of Paris (1783)

1) After Yorktown, the British began peace talks

2) It would take nearly 2 years for the final agreement:

a. United States is an independent nation

E) Treaty of Paris (1783)

1) After Yorktown, the British began peace talks

2) It would take nearly 2 years for the final agreement:

a. United States is an independent nation

b. British ceded all land between Atlantic Coast and Mississippi Rive from Florida to Canada to the United States

E) Treaty of Paris (1783)

c. US agreed to return all property taken from loyalists

E) Treaty of Paris (1783)

c. US agreed to return all property taken from loyalists

d. US agreed to pay all debts owed to Britain

E) Treaty of Paris (1783)

c. US agreed to return all property taken from loyalists

d. US agreed to pay all debts owed to Britain

Time Line Event : Spring of 1783 The End of the American Revolutionary War (Treaty of Paris)

Treaty of Paris, 1783