The American Revolution

By David Underwood

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T able of Contents
Battle of Trenton ----------------------------------3 Battle of Princeton--------------------------------4 Battle of Saratoga---------------------------------5 Winter of Valley Forge ----------------------------6 Battle of Yorktown---------------------------------7 Treaty of Paris ------------------------------------8

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Battle of Trenton

It was on December 25 1776, Trenton New Jersey The Morale of the Continental army was Low, but when they beat the British it went up George Washington inspired his troops because he didnt quit and went to fight again even when they had been defeated many times. Outcome: CONTINENTAL ARMY

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Battle of Princeton
The morale of the continental army was very high and feeling good. It was on January 3 1777, Princeton New Jersey defeated the most feared army in the world. Outcome: CONTINENTAL ARMY These battles were significant because we were a really small army and we

George Washington

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Battle of Saratoga
Surrender of General Burgoyne It was on September 19 and October 7 1777, Saratoga New York The Role of General Burgoyne was to go south from Canada and meet General Howe

troops up the Hudson River and meet General Burgoyne The British plan was unsuccessful because make it there in time.
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The Role of General Howe to move his

General Howe got his orders to late and could not

south from Canada and it had Howe with his men in New York going north up the Hudson River.

The British plan of attack had Burgoyne going

Winter of Valley Forge

It was on December 1777 to June 1778, Valley Forge Pennsylvania.

Baron Von Stuebon was important mostly because he helped them train and get ready for the next battle. But it was hard for the army to understand him because he spoke German.

General Washington was supposed to General and command the Continental Army.

The conditions were terrible because the winter was very bad. It effected them because they were focused on their own survival instead of the nations survival.

we survived through the Winter.

This was significant because

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Battle of Yorktown
It was on September 28 7 1781, Yorktown Virginia
General Cornwallis after the man who lost America FUN FACT: Three of the key factors were -1. The French Commander came with troops and weapons -2. We had three times as many troops as they did -3. A storm stopped Cornwallis from escaping the fight General Cornwallis was supposed to wait for more troops to come and then attack the Americans, but he got his troops to late and the French and American army were already ready to attack. war was accused of being the

Surrender of The British

The Role of General Washington was to get another victory for the continental army and try to end the Revolutionary War.

The Battle of Yorktown was an memorable win for the Americans and an embarrassing loss for the British

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Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris was on September 3 1783 in Paris.
Ben Franklin, Sam Adams, and John Jay roles on the creation of the Treaty of Paris were to negotiate a peace treaty with Great
The terms of the treaty gave New Borders

Britain that would state and recognize Americas independence.

including all land from the Great Lakes in the Ocean to the Mississippi river. Also Great

North to Florida in the south and the Atlantic Britain agreed to take out all of the troops that were still there. America had to pay all left debt to England. Would let all loyalists go back to England and not kill them.

The next start for America as they start a new world on their own is to just start moving forward and they need to make their own laws and to not have a king make all the rules because they know what that leads to.

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