Revolution

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Liberty Song – John DicksonCome, join hand in hand, brave Americans all, And rouse your bold hearts at fair Liberty's call;No tyrannous acts shall suppress your just claim,Or stain with dishonor America's name.

In Freedom we're born and in Freedom we'll live.Our purses are ready. Steady, friends, steady;Not as slaves, but as Freemen our money we'll give.

Our worthy forefathers, let's give them a cheer,To climates unknown did courageously steer;Thro' oceans to deserts for Freedom they came,And dying, bequeath'd us their freedom and fame.

The tree their own hands had to Liberty rear'd,They lived to behold growing strong and revered;With transport they cried, Now our wishes we gain,For our children shall gather the fruits of our pain.

Then join hand in hand, brave Americans all,By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall;In so righteous a cause let us hope to succeed,For heaven approves of each generous deed.

WAR• Loyalist and Patriots• British Early Victories-

Christmas 1776 = Trenton and the crossing of Delaware. French- Marquis de Lafayette teaches troops

• Loss of New York (British trying to isolate New England) and Philadelphia

• 1777 Victory at Saratoga (forested wilderness) convinces France to help

• Valley Forge taken by British but Washington holds from the woods with the help of Prussian drill instructor- Fredrich Von Stuben

“Long” Bill Scott after being captured and asked why he had become a rebel

“ The case was this sir! I lived in a country town; I was a shoemaker and got living by my labor. When this rebellion came on, I saw some of my neighbors get into commision, who were no better than myself…I was asked to enlist, as a private soldier. My ambition was to great for such a low rank. I offered to enlist upon having a lietenants commission, which was granted. If I was killed that would be the end of me, but if my Captain should be killed I should rise in rank. These sir were the only motives for my entering. For as the dispute between Great Britain and the colonies, I know nothing of it; neither am I capable of judging whether it is right or wrong.”

• Inflation of non coin because of Congress printing more money

• Financing by wealthy• Profiteering- raising

prices on scarce goods during war time

• Women take over role farms

• British go south- Easy British victory in Charleston

• General Nathaniel Greene leads forces using an attack and hide strategy (later known as guerilla fighting)

• Oct. 1781 Shocking American Victories at Yorktown – General Cornwallis surrenders

• Paris treaty 1783• Egalitarianism

Blacks and the Revolution

• English proclaim that anyone who was “able and willing to bear arms” would be given their freedom

• Many were freed others were enslaved to worse conditions of West Indes

Summary Questions 1) This was the result from Congress printing too much money.2) This Battle forced Britain to change its war strategy and convinced

the French to help in the war effort.3) Washington hid in the woods just outside this city.4) The British tried to Isolate New England by taking this city5) Washington crossed the Delaware on rowboats on an ice choked

river outside this city.6) The term for people selling products at a much higher price during

war time7) This Prussian helped train troops at Valley Forge.8) French officer who helped Washington plan the war and led to the

surrender of the British9) Last official battle of the Revolution10) Treaty that officially ended the Revolution11) The Term meaning that all men are equal

Battle of Bunker Hill by John Trumball

Extra Credit Reading

• A Letter from Lafayette• A Diest Creed• Remember the Ladies• British involvement in the slave trade• David Walker on slavery• The White man’s view of slavery• The American People Volume 1 183-191 (The Experience of War)• American People Volume 1(The Revolution and the Economy) 191-

195• American People Volume 1 (Revolutionary Economy) 191-195• American People Volume 1 (revolutionary politics) 195-209