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colonists defeated invading British fleet in June 1776
  • Charleston harbor
  • Battle of Long Island
  • war of inconsistency
  • attack on Philadelphia
June 7, 1776, "declared independence" , notion adopted on July 2, 1776
  • Armed Neutrality
  • Bunker Hill
  • Richard Henry Lee
  • Virginia town of Norfolk
-British recognized independece of US-granted generous boundaries-Yankees retain a share in the fisheries of Newfoundland-Loyalists not further persecuted- debts owed to the British creditors must be paid
  • Olive Branch Petition
  • Treaty of Paris of 1783
  • Model Treaty
  • Treaty of Fort Stanwix
power from the people, individuals in republic must sacrifice personal interest to public good
  • republic
  • Trenton
  • Armed Neutrality
  • Valley Forge
May 1775- Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold captured British garrisons and secured priceless store of gunpowder and artillery
  • Bunker Hill
  • Yorktown and Cornwallis
  • Ticonderoga and Crown Point
  • Virginia town of Norfolk
Burgoyne who was struggling through the north of Albany got trapped, forced to surrender in October 17, 1777 to American Horatio Gates- secured French aid and revived colonial cause
  • Thomas Paine
  • Saratoga
  • General Benedict Arnold
  • The Scheme for Capturing the Hudson River Valley
1776 wrote Common Sense, convinced American colonies that their true cause was independence not reconciliation with Britain, also supported the idea of a "republic"
  • Saratoga
  • Thomas Paine
  • General Benedict Arnold
  • Hessians
Washington retired to Valley Forge after the loss in Philadelphia
  • republic
  • Valley Forge
  • Richard Henry Lee
  • Virginia town of Norfolk
Montgomery was joined at Quebec by Arnold, assault on Quebec was beaten off, Montgomery was killed, and Arnold injured, eventually turned traitor- but was caught
  • Saratoga
  • General Benedict Arnold
  • Thomas Paine
  • Hessians
colonists invaded Canada in 1775 and Montgomery captured Montreal
  • Treaty of Fort Stanwix
  • General Richard Montgomery
  • Loyalists
  • General Benedict Arnold
Congress chose Washington to head army in Boston, political reasons: from Virginia, man of wealth so not a fortune-seeker, character: leadership, strength of character, moral force
  • Second Continental Congress
  • General Benedict Arnold
  • George Washington
  • Battle of Long Island
guide American commissioners (no political connection, no military connection, only commercial connection)
  • Model Treaty
  • Treaty of Paris of 1783
  • Treaty of Fort Stanwix
  • Loyalists
General Benedict Arnold fought here and lost, but he won time
  • privateers
  • George Rogers Clark 1778-1779
  • Lake Champlain in 1776
  • Carolina campaign of 1781
captured British forts Kaskaskia, Cahokia, and Vincennes in the Illinois country
  • Virginia town of Norfolk
  • Lake Champlain in 1776
  • Ticonderoga and Crown Point
  • George Rogers Clark 1778-1779
colonials loyal to the king (Tories)- 16% of population, people of education + wealth, older generation, Anglican clergy, (Loyalists were roughly handled, imprisoned, and a few hung, many estates were confiscated and sold)
  • Thomas Paine
  • Loyalists
  • Hessians
  • General Richard Montgomery
1784, Indians (Senecas, Mohawks, Cayuhas, and Onondagas) forced to cede land because they were allies of George III
  • Treaty of Fort Stanwix
  • Declaration of Independence
  • Treaty of Paris of 1783
  • Model Treaty
April 1775 to July 1776- colonists were split between loyalty to the king and shooting the king's soldiers
  • Moore's Creek Bridge in North Carolina
  • Battle of Long Island
  • war of inconsistency
  • Charleston harbor
Thomas Jefferson wrote this on July 4, 1776, talked about the natural rights of humankind (king denied these rights), French Declaration of the Rights of Man were made 13 years later based on this
  • Declaration of Independence
  • General Benedict Arnold
  • attack on Philadelphia
  • Treaty of Paris of 1783
American privately owned armed ships who were authorized by Congress to prey on enemy shipping- captured 600 British prizes
  • privateers
  • Trenton
  • Armed Neutrality
  • Patriots
December 26, 1776- Washington captured 1000 Hessians after stealthily crossing back on the Delaware
  • Trenton
  • Virginia town of Norfolk
  • republic
  • Richard Henry Lee
American rebels (Whigs)
  • Valley Forge
  • republic
  • Trenton
  • Patriots
British General John Burgoyne would push down the Lake Champlain route from Canada, General Howe's troops in New York could meet Burgoyne near Albany, Colonel Barry St. Legor could come in from the west by Lake Ontario and Mohawk Valley
  • The Scheme for Capturing the Hudson River Valley
  • Saratoga
  • Thomas Paine
  • General Benedict Arnold
Washington and an army escaped to Manhattan Island then to Delaware River, British general Howe did not crush American forces speedily, battle continued at Trenton (see Trenton)
  • war of inconsistency
  • Moore's Creek Bridge in North Carolina
  • Charleston harbor
  • Battle of Long Island
last ditch effort at peace that proclaimed American loyalty to the crown, begging king to prevent further hostilities- failed
  • Declaration of Independence
  • Olive Branch Petition
  • Treaty of Paris of 1783
  • Model Treaty
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