(Class 4) The American Revolution Flashcards
Second Continental Congress
2 Tasks
Raise and supply an army (Needed financing and a Declaration of War)
Explore possible reconciliation with Britain (Required diplomacy and King George III not receptive to reconciliation)
Olive Branch Petition
Affirmation of loyalty to the monarch, blamed trouble on King’s ministers and parliament
Proposed that American colonial assemblies be individual parliaments directly under the King
King George III rejected
Who wrote Common Sense?
Thomas Paine
What was Common Sense?
A pamphlet laying out compelling case for independence
“Why should one man by accident birth claim extensive powers over others?”
Which four colonies were not agitating for Independence?
Pennsylvania, Maryland, New York and South Carolina
When did the Congress formally adopt the Declaration of Independence?
July 4th 1776
What was the British Military Strategy?
Divide and Conquer
Control the Hudson River and separate New England from the other colonies
Who were the Loyalists?
Americans thar remained loyal to the King
Not all Americans supported the war
labeled as Traitors by Congress
French Alliance
Americans couldn’t win war alone
Alliance signed between French and America
Full military and commercial support
Battle of Saratoga
First Decisive American Victory
October 17 1777
Benedict Arnold
Traitor
Army General who defected to the British
Guerilla Warfare
Started with Americans
“Hit and run attacks”
Who is Marquis de Lafayette
Led French troops against Cornwallis at Yorktown
Where did the American Revolution end?
Yorktown, Virginia
Battle of Yorktown
American and French bombarded the British
Cornwallis surrenders on October 19 1781
