Transcript The American Revolution Chapter 4 - The Strategy of War “A World Turned Upside Down”

The American Revolution
Chapter 4 - The Strategy of War
“A World Turned Upside Down”
Music Video Intro
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“We are Never Getting
Back Together”
Time Line of
America Revolution
Website
American Strengths
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The colonists are
fighting for
independence
George Washington
can inspire his men
to fight
France will aide the
colonies with
weapons, supplies
and their navy
Patriots and Loyalists
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Patriots were colonists
who supported the
break from England.
Loyalists are colonials
support the England.
Colonists are divided
as to whether or not
they should rebel
against England!
American Weaknesses
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The colonists are
not a trained
army
Colonists enlist
for months
instead of years
Short on money,
weapons and
supplies to fight
a war
British Strengths
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The British have an
experienced
professional army
Outnumber the
Continental Army
The British army is
well supplied with
equipment and
weapons
British Weaknesses
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The British are not fighting for a cause
British officers are careless and poor leaders
– rank due to birth, not skill.
The British have a to cross the Atlantic
Ocean to send men and supplies for the war
The support at homes is rather weak
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Horrible Histories – Life in British Army
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The Strategy of War
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American Colonies
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Keep the Colonial
Army together
Washington seeks to
stretch the British
army away from
supply lines
Harass the enemy,
defeat the British in
a major battle
Get allies to help
win!
Britain
Seeks to destroy the
Colonial Army
Regain control of the
colonies by region
Take the fight to the
Colonial Army using
European war tactics
Use loyalists support
against the colonies
The Strategy of War
Paul Revere
Poem
Truth v. Fiction
 Was really just a messenger, employed
by the Sons of Liberty to deliver messages.
 Dispatched the Night of April 18th, 1775 to warn
Samuel Adams and John Hancock that the
British were coming to arrest them.
 Several different messengers sent, Revere
never even made it all the way to Concord….
 100 Years later, poem by Henry Wadsworth
Longfellow made him famous, wrongly….
Lexington and Concord, April 1775
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British attempt to capture Samuel Adams and
weapons stockpile around Concord
The colonists are warned by Paul Revere and
40 other riders that “The Regulars are coming”
1,000 colonial “militia men” exchange fire with
British troops along the main road, harass them
all 20 miles back to Boston.
This battle is considered the beginning of the
American Revolution
Second Continent Congress
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May 1775 – following Lexington & Concord
Battles, No Accident like Boston Massacre.
Second Continental Congress
meets in Philadelphia, Penn.
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Appoint George Washington
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Instructs him to build
Continental Army
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Congress send peace
offering to King
Olive Branch Petition
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Congress send Olive Branch
Petition (traditional Greek peace
offer)
Rejected by King George III
King hires Hessian Troops from
Germany to help put down
colonists.
Hessian troops are extremely
viscous and highly feared fighters.