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Chapter 6 The American Revolution (1776-1783) Section 4 The War Is Won

The French Arrive

•  July 1780- French ______appeared off the coast of Newport, Rhode Island

•  Carrying needed aid: soldiers commanded by Comte de ______

•  The British soon arrived and ______the French troops

•  Autumn 1780- Washington waited for a ______fleet of French ships

•  Washington also kept an eye on the British army in ______that General Clinton commanded

•  Washington planned to ______the British when the second French fleet arrived

•  The French fleet did not set ______until summer of 1781

Washington’s Plans

•  Washington heard that Cornwallis was camped at ______, Virginia

•  ______kept them on the Yorktown peninsula

•  Washington also learned that Admiral Francois de ______, the French naval commander, was heading toward Chesapeake Bay instead of New York

•  Washington changed his plans and headed ______to Yorktown

•  Washington kept his new strategy (plan of action) ______

Washington’s Secret Plan

•  Washington wanted Clinton to think the Patriots still planned to attack the British in ______

•  This would keep Clinton from sending aid to ______

•  Rochambeau joined with Washington in July and the two armies moved ______

•  The ______did not know where they were heading

•  Troops marched ______miles in 15 days

•  General Clinton didn’t detect the forces ______

•  Three groups (Wahington’s, Rochambeau’s, and de Grasse’s) would meet at ______

The Siege of Yorktown

•  The plan worked perfectly

•  The British were ______

•  End of September 1781- ______American and French troops trapped Cornwallis’ ______British and Hessian troops at Yorktown

•  De Grasse’s fleet kept the Cornwallis from escaping by ______

•  Clinton’s and the rest of the British army was still in ______

Battle of Yorktown

•  October 9- Americans and French began a ______

•  A Hessian soldier said “One saw men lying everywhere… whose ______, arms, and legs had been shot off”

•  British ______began to run low

•  British soldiers were ______and sick

•  Cornwallis realized that the situation was ______

•  October 19- Cornwallis ______his troops to the Patriots at the Battle of Yorktown

•  Patriots took 8,000 British ______and more than 200 guns

After Yorktown

•  Fighting did ______end

•  The British still held Savannah, Charles Town, and New York

•  A few more battles took place, but the victory at Yorktown convinced the British that the war was too ______to pursue (continue)

•  Both sides sent delegates to ______to work out a treaty

•  The United States were represented by Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay

•  The American congress ratified (______) the preliminary treaty in April 1783 and the final version of the Treaty of Paris on September 3, 1783

The Treaty of Paris

•  ______for the Americans

•  Great Britain recognize the US as an ______nation

•  The British agreed to withdraw all their ______

•  The US also got ______rights of the coast of Canada

•  The US agreed that the British merchants could collect ______that Americans owed them

•  ______property was also to be returned

The Newburgh Conspiracy

•  Washington’s army was headquartered in Newburgh, New York

•  The Congress refused to ______the soldiers’ pensions and failed to provide them with other pay

•  The army got mad and said they would use ______against the Congress

•  Washington knew this was dangerous and he persuaded the angry soldiers to be ______

•  Washington urged Congress to meet their ______

•  Congress responded to Washington and met the ______

Washington Resigns

•  November 1783- British troops left New York

•  December 4, Washington said ______to his troops

•  Washington formally ______three weeks later

•  “Having now finished the work assigned me I retire… and take my leave of all the employments of ______life”

•  Washington returned home to Mount Vernon, Virginia in time for Christmas

•  He planned to remain and live ______with his family

Why the Americans Won

•  They were ______on their own land

•  The British had to send troops from ______of miles away

•  The British depended on the ______and once the French blocked their ships they were helpless

•  Americans knew the local ______and where to lay an ambush (Surprise attack)

•  The British had trouble controlling the American countryside once they ______the cities

More of Why the Americans Won

•  Help from other ______

•  The French and Spanish helped the American cause

•  The American Revolution was a ______movement

•  It depended on the ______and spirit of all Patriots

Influence of the American Revolution

•  The ideas of the Declaration of Independence influenced other ______

•  The ______Revolution

•  The French Colony of Saint ______

•  The principles that “Men are born and remain free and ______in rights” guided these revolutions

Essential Question

•  How did the Battle of Yorktown lead to American independence?

- The British losses at ______convinced Britain that the war was too ______to pursue.