Written by Thomas Jefferson it outlines the reasons why the US is separating from Great Britain AMERICAN REVOLUTION IDEOLOGICAL MILITARY AND DIPLOMATIC ASPECTS 17761783 DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE ID: 265705
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AMERICAN REVOLUTION – IDEOLOGICAL, MILITARY AND DIPLOMATIC ASPECTS – 1776-1783
Written by Thomas Jefferson, it outlines the reasons why the U.S. is separating from Great BritainSlide2
AMERICAN REVOLUTION – IDEOLOGICAL, MILITARY AND DIPLOMATIC ASPECTS – 1776-1783
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCESlide3
AMERICAN REVOLUTION – IDEOLOGICAL, MILITARY AND DIPLOMATIC ASPECTS – 1776-1783
The English enlightenment philosopher from whom Thomas Jefferson drew the ideas of “all men are created equal” and “men are entitled to life, liberty, and property”Slide4
AMERICAN REVOLUTION – IDEOLOGICAL, MILITARY AND DIPLOMATIC ASPECTS – 1776-1783
JOHN LOCKESlide5
AMERICAN REVOLUTION – IDEOLOGICAL, MILITARY AND DIPLOMATIC ASPECTS – 1776-1783
He is considered to be the American enlightenment thinker and was sent to Paris as part of the negotiation team demanding Britain’s recognition of American independenceSlide6
AMERICAN REVOLUTION – IDEOLOGICAL, MILITARY AND DIPLOMATIC ASPECTS – 1776-1783
BENJAMIN FRANKLINSlide7
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The turning point of the Revolution (Oct. 1777) when the French began to openly aid the American rebels against the BritishSlide8
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BATTLE OF SARATOGASlide9
AMERICAN REVOLUTION – IDEOLOGICAL, MILITARY AND DIPLOMATIC ASPECTS – 1776-1783
The hardest winter of Gen. Washington’s command was spent here (1777-78)
Baron von Steuben (a Prussian) arrived to assist with the training of the troops into a professional military unitSlide10
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VALLEY FORGE, VASlide11
AMERICAN REVOLUTION – IDEOLOGICAL, MILITARY AND DIPLOMATIC ASPECTS – 1776-1783
On Christmas night, 1776, Washington crossed
this River
into Trenton, NJ, surprising the Hessian soldiers who were surprised by the attack.
Americans won a much-needed victory here at Trenton and a week later at Princeton, NJ to boost their moraleSlide12
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DELAWARE RIVERSlide13
AMERICAN REVOLUTION – IDEOLOGICAL, MILITARY AND DIPLOMATIC ASPECTS – 1776-1783
Leader of the Continental Army for the U.S.
Men willing to follow him because of his leadership skills and strong character (not because he was a military
tactitian
)Slide14
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GEORGE WASHINGTONSlide15
AMERICAN REVOLUTION – IDEOLOGICAL, MILITARY AND DIPLOMATIC ASPECTS – 1776-1783
He arrived from France and assisted George Washington at Valley Forge. He lobbied for French reinforcements in France in 1779
He was also at Yorktown when Cornwallis was defeatedSlide16
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MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTESlide17
AMERICAN REVOLUTION – IDEOLOGICAL, MILITARY AND DIPLOMATIC ASPECTS – 1776-1783
He was the British general who surrendered at Yorktown in October 1781 giving the victory to the AmericansSlide18
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GENERAL CORNWALLISSlide19
AMERICAN REVOLUTION – IDEOLOGICAL, MILITARY AND DIPLOMATIC ASPECTS – 1776-1783
This battle ended the American Revolution and resulted in a British surrender when Cornwallis’s men were bottled up on a peninsula in Virginia from troops by land and the French by seaSlide20
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BATTLE OF YORKTOWNSlide21
AMERICAN REVOLUTION – IDEOLOGICAL, MILITARY AND DIPLOMATIC ASPECTS – 1776-1783
The terms of this treaty in 1783 set the boundaries of the new nation from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River and from Canada to FloridaSlide22
AMERICAN REVOLUTION – IDEOLOGICAL, MILITARY AND DIPLOMATIC ASPECTS – 1776-1783
TREATY OF PARIS OF 1783