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Background Information:
Details:
British want to seize weapons in
Results:
many English killed – “The shot heard around the world”
Background Information: Old F&I war fort, defenders have not head about Lex&Con.
Details:
Ethan Allen,
Results: American
capture over 100 cannons
Background Information: Over 4,000 British troops in
Details:
Americans dig in & fortify “Breeds” hill overlooking city, British must
take the hill back or they could be fired upon, 3 bloody bayonet assaults up
the hill, do not fire until your see…., Putnum,
Americans run out of ammo and must surrender the hill
Results: over
1000 English Killed, both sides know it will be a long bloody war
American Invasion of
Background Information: Americans want Canadians to join the cause, must
take
Details:
two American Armies, horrible cold wet conditions, Gen. Sklyer
takes Montreal, English troops run to Quebec and fortify the city, Gens Arnold & Skyler attack
Quebec, battle on New Years Eve, blizzard, American fail to take Quebec
Results: Americans
will never control
Background Information:
Details:
Gen Howe, 35,000 English troops invade,
Results: British
take NYC, Washington’s Army camps for the winter, Army is in bad shape
Americans have low moral, Thomas Paine writes the “American Crisis”,
Washington’s army retreats across the Delaware River
Background Information: battles around NYC a disaster for Americans,
Details:
crosses
Results: Victory
for the
Background Information:
Details:
British counter attack, Howe, pin
Results: first
American Flag seen at the battle, Ross, moral boost for GW’s
army, army still in bad shape
Background Information: Howe and the British look to take
Details:
Battles of
Results:
Background Information: British look to cut the colonies in half, look to
take the city of
Details:
Howe does not attack, stays in Phili, St. Leger is
defeated by
Results: British
blunder of 1777, major American Victory, French decide to aid
Background Information: GW’s Army camped for
winter in PA, lost many battles and in bad shape, Howe is comfortable in Phili
Details:
many starve and freeze to death, American army trains, learn how to become real
soldiers, Layfayet, Van Stueben,
by the numbers
Results: Leave
valley Forge a much better trained army
B. Arnold & Westpoint
Background Information: Westpoint is a strategic
point along the Hudson River, British want to take the Hudson to cut colonies
in half, Westpoint is well defended, chain, Arnold
Details:
Arnold upset about no promotion after Saratoga, sells out to the English, gives
the plans to Andre, Andre is captured, hanged,
Results:
GW Clark and the Long Knives
Background Information: English took all the land west of
Details:
Long knives act like Indians, cold water, the Hair buyer, attack
Results: committee
war crimes, land west of
The War at Sea
Background Information: English have the greatest navy in the world,
American navy is a joke
Details:
Privateers, regular ships with guns, raid English ships, John Paul John, “I
have not yet begun to fight”, HMS Seraphis
Results:
The War in the South
Background Information: English change their strategy to focus on the
Southern Colonies, need naval bases to fight French in the Carr. Sea, many tories in the south, land at and take
Details:
Battles of
Results: slow
down English march north
The
Background Information: English army moving north to destroy GW, Americans
look to keep them in the south
Details:
the
Results: Cornwallis
is slowed down further, gives GW time to plan and saves his army
The
Background Information: Final major battle of the war, Cornwallis waits for
English navy to pick him up at
Details:
Results: