The American Revolution

Chapter 6

I. Washington’s Narrow Escape

The American Crisis

II. Two Victories Late in 1776

• Trenton

George Washington Crossing the Delaware

By Emanuel Leutze - 1851

II. Two Victories Late in 1776

• Trenton• Princeton

III. American Society at War

• Choosing Sides

III. American Society at War

• Choosing Sides• Militia and Army

III. American Society at War

• Choosing Sides• Militia and Army• Finance and Supply

IV. Setbacks for the British

• Burgoyne’s Plan

IV. Setbacks for the British

• Burgoyne’s Plan • Saratoga

Horatio GatesBy Charles Willson Peale, 1782

(from life)

“Humanity has won its battle. Liberty now has a

country” - Lafayette

IV. Setbacks for the British

• Burgoyne’s Plan • Saratoga• Alliance with France

V. 1778: Both Sides Regroup

• Shift in Focus

V. 1778: Both Sides Regroup

• Shift in Focus• Valley Forge

Valley Forge

Revolutionary War CabinRe-Creation

Washington and Lafayette at Valley Forge

Von Steuben

"To see the men without clothes to cover their nakedness, without blankets to lie upon, without

shoes...without a house or hut to cover them until those could be built, and submitting without a murmur, is a proof of patience and obedience

which, in my opinion, can scarcely be paralleled."

George Washington at Valley Forge, April 21, 1778

VI. War in the South

• Savannah and Charleston• The Carolinas

VI. War in the South

• Savannah and Charleston• The Carolinas

Nathanael GreeneBy Charles Willson Peale

Christ Church in SavannahSite of Greene’s funeral

Greene Monument Johnson Square, Savannah

VII. Yorktown

Cornwallis

Nelson House

Main Street

Restored mansion of Georgian architecture. Home of Thomas

Nelson, Jr., a signer of the Declaration of Independence, Governor of

Virginia, and commander of the Virginia Militia during the siege of

Swan Tavern

Yorktown Victory Monument

Main Street

Commissioned by the Continental Congress in 1781 to commemorate

the great victory at Yorktown.

Constructed between 1881 and 1884.

VIII. Peace of Paris

Washington Goes Home

Fraunces Tavern

Mount Vernon

IX. The Political Revolution

• Republican Ideology• New State Constitutions• Articles of Confederation

Independence Hall

X. The Social Revolution

• Equality and Its Limits• The Paradox of Slavery• The Status of Women• Freedom of Religion

XI. The Emergence of an American Culture