Unit 2: Chap 6, Les Four

Stages of Revolution:

Why America Won, & Conclusion

PREAMBLE to our CONSTITUTION

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Mr. Wilson's 6^th Grade US History Class

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

The Culper Spy Ring

• Washington needs intelligence–how many British soldiers? What are their plans? Where are they going?
• Washington empowers young cavalry officer Benjamin Tallmadge to create a network to relay information from British-controlled New York to Washington and the Continental Army.
• Tallmadge recruited men he trusted, including childhood friends Abraham Woodhull and Caleb Brewster.
• His neighbor, Anna Strong, signaled new info had arrived by hanging specific clothes (black petticoat) outside to dry.
• They devised codes to pass messages – numbers stood for words so the messages could never be decoded!

Colonial Espionage!

Secret Code!

They busted Benedict Arnold!

Treaty of Paris (1783)

• Officially ended the Revolutionary War.
• Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and John Jay negotiated the peace treaty. England recognized USan independence and ceded most of its territory east of the Mississippi River to the United States, doubling the size of the new nation and paving the way for westward expansion and further Indian removal.
• Franklin, who served as America’s first ambassador to France, had been in Paris since the start of the Revolution and was instrumental in securing vital French assistance during the war.

From THIS:

To THIS:

Why America Won

Mr. Wilson's 6^th Grade US History Class

Why do YOU think they won?

WHY: English Supply Chain Challenges

WHY: Colonists Knew the Land, Used Native Tactics

WHY: Help from Other Nations

French Fleet

French Fleet @ Yorktown

WHY: Help from Other Nations

French Feet

Marquis de Lafayette, James Armstead Lafayette

WHY: Help from Other Nations

Prussian Military Discipline

Baron Von Steuben

WHY: Help from Other Nations

Polish Engineering Skills

Thaddeus Cosciuszko

WHY: Help from Other Nations

Spanish Money & Diplomacy

Juan de Miralles

(his nephew laid the cornerstone of the White House!)

WHY: Ultimately, a People’s Movement

WHY: Ultimately, a People’s Movement

Margaret Corbin

WHY: Ultimately, a People’s Movement

What will the future bring?

Key Contributors in Revolution/War

• Samuel Adams:
• George Grenville:
• Charles Townshend:
• George Washington:
• Paul Revere:
• Thomas Jefferson:
• Thomas Paine:
• John Adams:
• Benedict Arnold:
• Benjamin Franklin:
• Benjamin Tallmadge:

Key Contributors in Revolution/War

• Samuel Adams: Sons of Liberty, Boston Tea Party-1773
• George Grenville: PM; Sugar Act-1764, Stamp Act-1765
• Charles Townshend: Townshend Acts-1767
• George Washington: Commander-in-Chief, Strategist
• Paul Revere: Propagandist, Patriot, Rider-1775
• Thomas Jefferson: Wrote Declaration of Independence
• Thomas Paine: Patriot; Wrote Common Sense-1776
• John Adams: “Atlas of Independence”
• Benedict Arnold: Brilliant @ Saratoga-1775; traitor.
• Benjamin Franklin: Albany C; D of I; Ambassador
• Benjamin Tallmadge: Ran Culper Spy Ring-1778

YANKEE DOODLE (SPIRIT OF ‘76)

Yankee Doodle

Yankee Doodle went to town,

Riding on a pony.

Stuck a feather in his cap…

And called it Macaroni

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Yankee Doodle keep it up,

Yankee Doodle dandy,

Mind the music and the step

And with the girls be handy!

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First sung by British to tease “hayseed” colonists, Yankee Doodle became an American anthem, a song of pride.