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LEXINGTON AND CONCORD AGAINNNN
April 1775 (18-19)
shot heard round the world/ begininngin of war
intolerable acts take a toll on boston
under military/ general gage
arms build up in concrd
arrest john hancock and sam adams
flee to lexington / second continental congress 5/10
leave boston to gage
who captures hancock and samuel adam and takes ammunition
LExington is already warned?????? by paul reverese, william daves, and prescott who went to concord
DAWN IS WHEN FIREST SHOT
btw that poem was written by henry WADSWORTH LONGfellow 1861
midnight ride oh eya
CONORD
scatter los wezponas among el gente
british no busca anything
on el way de hogar
take shots during british march home
kill a decent amoung
700 british soldiers start,250 KILLED
militia from all ofe new england rce to surround boston
parliament says boston is in rebellion / ma entirely
Dr. joseph warren exists and is the whatever tf GM means of masonic lodge
he heads to concord
this is important for some reason
oh he dies in bunker hill oh he also sends rever e: )000
PAUL REVERE
hboston massacre engraving broadside thing
express courier?? shipping guy ig idk
soied on los tories
GREEN DRAGON TAVERN - its a rebel meeting place
choose br spy Ben Church as leader who tells Gage abt lexington and concord
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Thomas PAINEEE
born in 1737 in the UK and arrived in american in 1774
Published common sense in early jan 10 1776 OH MY LAWD
but he wrote it in 1775
500k cpies sold holy smokes
went to france after el revolucion
values in common sense wa slike island whole continent london rule impractical englightenemtn stuff lieange is stoopid europe keeps fighting so they shoulkd kts better on their own king es mal y puedimos ser mejor
read by washington to his army agter crossing delaware aka 1776 decemeber late
crazy radical for alites but hes chill w the modern man
(battle) TICONDEROGA
may 10th!!!!!! zaka 5/10 aka omg second continental congress
16karoudn boston, 10k later (AM?)
worried that british will attack from behind
Ticonderoga is important for AM
Iroquis word
Between Lake George and Champlain
Canada-Hudson connections
Warren sends Ethan Allen VT, who is the green mountain boy guy (The Green Mountain Boys were a militia group that fought for Vermont’s independence and the American Revolution apparently og called the NH men)
- beneidct arnold MA
- Henry knox (CANNONS!!) (MA?)
(battle) MONTREAL
big winf or AM
attacked in hope that they would join
Montgomery Aaron Burr was his 2nd
MONTGOMERY DIES??
Quebec (Dec 31st, 1775)
BIG loss for aM
Winter march hurts the troops
Arnold is WOUNDED and Montgomery DIED NOVA SCOTLA consideres joining but is STIFLED
canada is nuetral or something
Second CONTEINTENAL CONGRESS !!
may 10 1775 duh
assumed powers of an actual gov delegated from each colony
met at independence hall philadelphia btw georgia did nawt show up to the first continental congress
some powers include issuing momey apot ambadoisdofisdji signed treaties raising armies appts for generals barrowing money disbursing funds
pres = john hanCOCK
other notables include
peyton randolph who was in TJ, SA, JA, and BF (i have no idea what any of these are)
OLIVE BRANCH PETITION IN JUL 8 1775
- reconciliation
- sowwy fow takinig youw stuff
- king says u suc lol
- but those who were quote on quote misled will be welcomed with open arms / mercy
- scc DIES tho
SIEGE OF BOSTON (period of conflict)
April 19th 1775 - MArch 17th 1776
FAMOUS battle of BUNKER HILL !!!!!!!!!!!!
jun 17th 1775
fought on breed’s hill
BR win cuz Am rujns out of ammunition
HEAVY CASUALTIIES THO
gage is une,mployed lmao
Joseph warren dies (idk who that is ngl)
HOwe replaced GAGE
brits are surrounded in boston by militia
Whis and Tories can sporadcailwly leave
Jul 1775 washington arrvives
subordinate talk him out of penninsula charge
stops infighting
KNOXS CANNONS (acquired late nov 1775, transported to boston late jan 1776)
howe abandons boston
loyalists leave and patriots sell their homes lmaooaoaoa march 17th 1776
dorchester heights uses knoxs cannons, its like a battle/action March 4 + 5 + 2 for some reason, 1776
Colonial militia and local volunteers secretly fortified Dorchester Heights with cannons, marking the beginning of the end of the British occupation of Boston.
March 17, 1776
The British evacuated Boston after a snowstorm prevented their planned attack on Dorchester Heights. This day is known as “Evacuation Day”
beginining stuffs
early patriot success in 1776, whcih rallies the colonies
supresses and removes loyalists
lotsa victories
british thinks these are local rebellionst hoa nd hire mercanaries which was a dumbass move that both loyalists and the britsh citizens hate
new YORK <3
April 13th, 1776
Leaves boston on Apr 4
loyalists planning on WA assassination
one is part of wasingonts inner circle omg
Read dec of independence to people on jul 9th
King george statue was ripped down and the loyalists scatter
head falls off and they nett the lead which they thought was gold itno nmusket bllallaalz
JULY 4TH RAHHH
dec formalyly adopted
new path is set out for the nation, no reconcliliation
JA BF RRL and RS aka big 5 + TJ
slavery talks are written out n stuff
new national seal they fuck w it a little
Washington evacuates downtown and runs Uptown / harlem
Briths lead the chase
sept 16 harlem heights small us victory
21st great ny fire , downtown aflame
White plains lost oct 28th
nov 16th fort washington lost
nov 20th fort lee lost
overall american loss
fabian strategy
Washingtons army diwndiles and paine writes american crissi (published dec 1776 tho)
JERSEYEYEYYE campaGIGIN
British chase W + H thru the ratitan , New brusnwick, princeton, trenton
dec 7 1776 escape across the delaweare neaear Trenton
general Lee is captured
The British and ehssians camp out at Trenton and Prinecotn
BATTLE OF TRENTON AND PRINCEOTN DEC 25TH 1776
Americansc cross to the safety of PA
wsashington crosses the Delaware on CHRISTMAS NIGHT aka 12/25
Painting made by Emannuel Leutze
No one thought that Washington would luanc h a offensive atk on Christimas cuz its a holidya so BOOM
TRENTON
dec 26th
surpriese attk leaves hessians unprepared many hessians killed / captured + mercs hurt
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jan 3rd 1777 OMSOHSS
surpriseatk thru tricking the british
campfires or something
two needed victories for Americans who only hsve 2.4 k men
1777 Morisstown encampment (jan 6th-may 28th)
1777 dec - 1778 jan is Valley forge
offensive british plan 1777
summer tew october 17 1777
isolate new england / boston from other colonies
choses to invade from Canada and cut of NE using Hudson
SARATOGAAA thought would be hardest
Leger loses to BENEIDCT AERNOLAD, his arnmy is mostly made of natives
Burgoyne wans taking the war seriously cuz he had too many men GAY
Howe doesnt send enough people womp womp
howe THROWS saratoga and agtes captures 9000 britshish soldiers
oh and this is importwnt cuz french peple
JOHN VANDERLYN MURDER OF JANE MCCRAE
SPURRED AM SOLDIERS TO SIGN UP +STREGTEHESN WHIGS
happened from albany
enforced native american hatred from americans
showed Burgoyne’s nyasty tactics and terrorism aka SCALPING GASP
she was scalped and was a ginger cuz they thought she was a patriot lol sux
[hiladeplpiah 1777-1778
Howe leave sNY to atk / take philly
BIG MISTAKE LIL BRO
Washington finds out via signposts
Howe coul hdave gone thru Delaware Bay but for some reason chososes to go via chesapeake
probably to avoid getting fired on + chesapeake landing is wider
BRANDYWINE 9/11 : DDDD 1777
Am fights well but get overwhelmed whoops BR gets philly
GERMANTOWN 10/4/1777
Americansc initaiilly fight well but WHOOP SFOG leads to FREIDNYLF IRE
which hurts AM
surprise atk flops
Am retreats to valley forge
Howe throws saratoga tho cuz of philly
POST SARATOGA
majer terning poitnt
turns war into WW
british now need defense on all sides cuz of our goat FRANCE
John Paul Jones causes a muuck in britain + tells BF about Saratoga
JA + JQA go to France to tell which isnt needed cuz of our goat BF
?? or maybe JPJ
also spains join war cause bourbons
bbad for brits cuz not it gets hit in europe : (
spain wants florida minoarca jamaica gibralter
France donates money + troops + equipment + HATES THE BRITS RAHH
valley forge
dec 1777-winter 1778
Lack of supplies and resources
2000 men die from disease and starvation of 7460
20 mines from Pennsyalvia / philly
Some healthy men start tew get trained by Washington, LAFAEYEYEYTEEEE, Von Steuben who like teaches em how to use bayonettes and hes PRUSSIAN !
by the time summmer comes alawng washington has a well -trained army of 5k-6k men
other supports of Washiington include none other than hamilton himself and greene
convesely cownway cabal are the peoples who want to remove washington among certain officfer sand congressmen akak GATES CONWAY LEE RUSH ADAMS LEE AGAIN
BATTE OF MONMOTUH THATS US
june 28th 1778
Occurs because after brits evacuate philly cause of saratoga + gates
the french blockade prevents them from getitng ot ny by water
they have to go NY from Sandy HOok to avoid gates
want to consolidate troops since AR has became a world war
during el run a sandy hook, monmouth happens
historically its a draw but momral wise its good for America
Fight is with the rear gaurd of British Army
CLINTON TAKES OVER HOWE GETS FUCKED LOLL
largest artillery battle akak CANNONS
genera,l lee gets ccourt martialed for disobeying washington and retreating whoops
extreme heat wave
clinton gows to nyc
nhe nervous abt gates
regrousp and reorders cus southern strat
sends some home bc the battle is homewotn based
west pt 1780
benedict arnold stuff
peggy
andre captured and hung
Arnold turns traitor
West point sends up staying in american hands eanywyas
Washingtno makes west point his 1780-1781 winter camp
War in ze west
Push and shove with Americans and Natives but the britiish starts arming nagives from the west
Va has a huge claim to land and American frontiermen want to defeat natives + british
GOERGE ROGER CLARK
vegs patrick henry for men which he eventually gives after he initially rejects lmaoo
takes l ohio river and wins kakashia may june 1778 and vincennes feb 1779 damn against br + iroquios
navy shit cuz ifk where to put
american privaters are pesky
took POW
captured cargos
france gabe extra halp
jpj
vtohered a lot of ppl at british coasts
got caught up w hms serapis
Bohomme Richard BF almanac ref is slowly sinking and they say i have not yet begun to fight rah
uses grappplijng hooks and TAKES OVER
south strat :flusehd:
oct 1778 british atk on SAVANNAH
1779: ameriacns + french come back and lose again abt 1k men
may 12th, 1780: clinton and Cornwalllis atk Charlestown
commander at charlestown aka BEN LINCOLN hes american says he going to babandon and makes the mistake to tell the people LMAO sucsks
causes mass hysteria which makes him stay cuz they convince him itslll go well
nvm they lose 5k men, devastating loss
CAMDEN
horatio gates fights at camden with 3 men force
gets ruined with a 3k men inferior force LMAOO
massive embarassament
3k men are captured and killed
AM lossses ins outh 9k men
GW sends greene
Br believed in loyalist sypport and taking freed slaves which did nawt clash well
however amnt of british atrocities turned a lot of loyalists away murder rape violence my favs : 3
took away whig amnesty and make more whigs ahte them
br southern guys inc. clinton cornwallis and TARLETON THE BKOODY GUY
American turn around
sswamp fox aa fancis marlon
engaged in geurilala warfre
hit and run local milita tactics
GREENA ND MORGAN
staggering and wearing cornwallis’s force and staying out of BR reach
cutting off supply line
cornwallis struggles through Nc and trie to get to Va/ yorktown
KINGS MOUNTAIN SC OCT 1780
Tory army tries to fight Patriots and American win against them
COWPENS SC jan 17th 1781
am wina nd is much neeeded
tricky guy who sets up several traps aAKA MORGANANNANANANA
makes a small unit of men who get attention and run away
two shots aned run or something
turning pt
morgans vitory boosts morale and tolls on british
turning pt in southern campaign
END
YORKTWONNNN siege oct 19th 1781 ogm
starts as a slow trench battle but ramps up as washington arrives
British navy looks for the French but heads right past em
Bttle of capes teh frenhc drive the british out
Americans get saur close to the Britih encampment and no help is arrifinvg to cornwallis
hessians (germans_ naties spanish and other groups help
CORNWALLIS SURRENDERS whihch is the last MAjor engagement although there are still skirmishes etc .
8k british troops surrended to 18k americans
cornrwalliss srurrended at yorktown by john trumbull 1797
cornwallis has significantly tired out his army and needs to get to the coastline
lafayette hears abt ornwallis plan and lures him to VA coast
calls in fRenh fleet from RI to blockade the chesapeake
Washington heads down
NEGOTIATED PEACE wanted war to end so slowly decided on peace which resulted in
TREATY OF PARIS SIGNED 1783/RATIFIED1784
financial burden
trade is suffering
upopular
SCC sends BF Ja and JJ to travel to europe adfter yorktown
JA refused to wrong hoenst ameician exceptionalismrepublaican asuterity
bf is comsmopolitan socialite honored and bold
Important Yorktown figures
lafayette: keeps corwnallis in check
Rochambeau :french unit ammmander
De grasse : naval fleet commander
de barras : naval officer
Washington: am head general
benjamin lincoln : POWEr who takes surrender sword
knox : cannon
hamilton: extra help fighting
BR vs USa
- recogniiont of am indepnednece
- american fishing rights to the grand banks offf of newfoundland
- gb ceeding all teriotry to the us w hich doesnt even fawkin ahppen
- end loyalist persecution by state and local gov
resotre loyalist property taken during war doesnt vene happen again
Leage of armed neutrality - dont hinder people on the high seas britiain or we shewt u
- contained portugal, denmark, sweden , russia
France - open markets, tobago, senegal
Spain- florida but not gibaltar”
Dutch - carribeannana islands
trade rights / maritine RIGHTS
frederick the great? - gave sword t owashington oldest to greatest
british stay for extra tme in coastal cities/ohio river valley
Savannah jul 11th, 1782
nyc nov 25th 1783
charleston dec 14th, 1782
Jays treaty - ohio river valley
Detroit 1796
i dont think you have to know this but we’ll see
order of eevents
Lexington and concord - April 1775 18-19
