American Revolution

American Revolution

British
1. Generals
  1. St. Leger
    1. Stopped by Arnold at Fort Stanwix
  2. Burgoyne
    1. general Horatio Gates blocked and surrounded Burgoyne's army.
  3. Howe
    1. Was Still In Philadelphia
2. Advantages
  1. Navy
  2. Hessians
  3. Larger army
  4. Better army
  5. More money
  6. Loyalists
  7. More people
  8. African Americans
  9. Native Americans
3. Plan
  1. Control Of
    1. Hudson River
    2. Albany,New York
  2. Cut off New England From the Middle Colonies
American
1. Generals
  1. George Washington
    1. Led Troops
  2. Benidict Arnold
    1. Stopped St. Leger at Fort Stanwix
  3. Horatio Gates
    1. general Horatio Gates blocked and surrounded Burgoyne's army.
2. Independance
3. Advantages
  1. Fighting at home
  2. Higher Motivation
  3. Leadership
4. First Continental congress
  1. Colonies and who they sent as representatives
    1. New Hampshire
      1. John Sullivan, Nathaniel Folsom
    2. Massachusetts
      1. John Adams, Samuel Adams, Thomas Cushing, Robert Treat Paine
    3. Connecticut
      1. Eliphalet Dyer, Roger Sherman, Silas Deane
    4. New York
      1. Isaac Low, John Alsop, John Jay, Philip Livingston, James Duane, William Floyd, Henry Wisner, Simon Boerum
    5. Maryland
      1. Matthew Tilghman, Thomas Johnson, William Paca, Samuel Chase, Robert Goldsborough
    6. North Carolina
      1. William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, Richard Caswell
    7. South carolina
      1. Henry Middleton, Thomas Lynch, Jr., Christopher Gadsden, John Rutledge, Edward Rutledge
    8. Delaware
      1. Caesar Rodney, Thomas McKean, George Read
    9. Pennsylvania
      1. Joseph Galloway, John Dickinson, Charles Humphreys, Thomas Miffin, Edward Biddle, John Morton, George Ross
    10. Rhode Island
      1. Stephen Hopkins, Samuel Ward
    11. New Jersey
      1. James Kinsey, William Livingston, Stephen Crane, Richard Smith, John De Hart
    12. Georgia
      1. Didn't send a representative because they needed British aid with weapons in suppressing a native American revolution
    13. Virginia
      1. Peyton Randolph, Richard Henry Lee, George Washington, Patrick Henry, Richard Bland, Benjamin Harrison, Edmund Pendleton
  2. called for the repeal of the 13 acts of parliament.
  3. Wanted to boycott british trade or sell to britain
  4. Endorsed the suffolk resolves
  5. Declared the coercive acts/intolerable acts to be illegal.
  6. Ability to arm themselves against the british and made militias
  7. held in philidelphia
Important Battles
1. Battle of Lexington
  1. April 19, 1775
2. Bunker Hill
  1. June 17, 1775
3. Battle of Concord
  1. April 19, 1775
4. Fort Ticonderoga
  1. May 10, 1775
5. Battle of Cowpens
  1. January 17, 1781
6. Battle of Monmouth
  1. June 27-28, 1778
7. Battle of Saratoga
  1. October 7, 1777
8. The Siege of Yorktown
  1. October 19, 1781
  2. End of war, British surrender, America Wins!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
France and Spain
1. LaFiette
2. Wanted to dethrone the king
3. Hated england

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