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1.) Congress drafts George Washington a.) Washington- good leader

2.) Bunker hill and Hessian Hirelings a.) Battles i.) Capture Ticonderoga and Crown point (1) Got ammo ii.) Abandon Bunker hill (1) Lost ammo b.) Peace declined by king c.) Hire Hessian for war

3.) The abortive conquest of Canada a.) Invasion is failure

4.) Thomas Paine preaches Common Sense a.) Influences independence

5.) Paine and the idea of “republicanism” a.) Republic i) Supported by Paine ii) Town meetings b.) Some wanted Natural Aristocracy

6.) Jefferson’s “explanation” of Independence a.) Declaration of Independence i.) Jefferson appointed to write ii.) Listed king’s misdeeds

7.) Patriots and loyalists a.) Patriots (whigs) fought for support of civilians b.) Loyalists (tories) made of beneficiaries of crown

8.) The loyalist Exodus a.) Loyalists persecuted i.) Had to flee

9.) General Washington at bay a.) Brits. Send big fleet b.) Washington captures Hessians

10.) Burgoyne’s blundering Invasion a.) Brit. Try to capture Hudson River i.) Benedict Arnold prevents capture Ticonderoga b.) General Howe got Philadelphia i.) Didn’t help Burgoyne (1) Surrenders at Saratoga

11.) Revolution in Diplomacy a.) Ben Franklin took treaty to France i.) For trade b.) Brit. Offer home rule i.) France became to ally (1) Didn’t want peace

12.) The colonial war becomes a wider war a.) European countries attacked Brits. b.) Washington surrounded enemy at New York

13.) Blow and Counter blow a.) French send fleet b.) Arnold becomes a traitor i.) Weakens moral c.) British attack south i.) Nathanial green tires Cornwallis

14.) The land frontier and the sea frontier a.) Iroquois side with British to stop westward expansion i.) Treaty of Stanwix lost land b.) Clark captures forts by surprise c.) Privateer i.) Attacked enemy ships ii.) Brought in gold

15.) York Town and the final curtain a.) Cornwallis surrenders i.) Surrounded by French and Washington ii.) Fighting still continued

16.) Peace at Paris a.) Negotiators met in Paris i.) Franklin, Adams, Jay b.) Spain and U.S. wanted same land c.) Treaty of Paris i.) U.S. recognized as independent ii.) Given generous boundaries d.) Loyalists aren’t persecuted

17.) A new nation legitimized i.) British generous to tempt away from France ii.) France approved peace