BRIEF DESCRIPTION ABOUT THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR

1. THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY
WAR 1775-1783

2. LEXINGTON AND CONCORD 1775
● No one knows who
fired first but the
Revolutionary War
started here.
● The battles at
Lexington and
Concord had ended
any hope of stopping
the war.

3. WHO WAS FIGHTING WHO???
● THE AMERICANS
WITH THE HELP OF
THE FRENCH,
SPANISH AND DUTCH
FOUGHT AGAINST
ENGLAND (BRITAIN)
● GREAT BRITAIN
WITH THE HELP OF
GERMAN
MERCENARIES
FOUGHT AGAINST
THE AMERICANS

4. MAJOR BATTLES

5. BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL
● The British soldiers had won the
battle. The British army had lost
a lot. At the beginning of the
battle, there were almost 2,400
British soldiers. At the end,
almost 1,100 had been killed or
hurt. The Battle of Bunker Hill
was the first large battle of the
American Revolution. It showed
the British that the Americans
were not afraid to fight.

6. BATTLE OF SARATOGA
● THE AMERICAN
VICTORY IS THE
TURNING POINT OF
THE WAR. AFTER
THIS VICTORY, THE
FRENCH DECIDE
TO JOIN THE
AMERICANS

7. THE BRITISH SURRENDER TO THE
AMERICANS AT YORKTOWN
● A combined French and
American force of over
14,000 men marched
toward Yorktown. They
fanned out and formed
a semi-circle around
Yorktown. British troops
awoke to the sight of
over 17,000 forces
surrounding them.

8. WOMEN IN THE REVOLUTION
● Women also fought in
the war
● When the men left,
women had to do
their jobs
● Women gained some
independence after the
war. More were allowed
to go to school. Some
women went to work

9. AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE WAR
● Britain let black men fight. Britain
said that they would be free if
they helped them in the war
● There were about 5,000 free
African Americans that fought
against Britain.
● The black men were also
drummers and spies.African
Americans also served in the
navy.

10. AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE WAR
● The war helped and
hurt African
Americans. In the
North, many states
outlawed slavery. In
the South, slavery
became worse

11. DID NATIVE AMERICANS DO
ANYTHING DURING THE WAR?
● Yes, though a few tribes
were on friendly terms with
the Americans, most Native
Americans opposed the
United States as a potential
threat to their territory.
Approximately 13,000 Native
Americans fought on the
British side,

12. HOW DID THE WAR END??

13. 1783 TREATY OF PARIS - THE
REVOLUTIONARY WAR IS OVER
● Americans had won the war. Britain
was shocked that they had lost. They
just couldn't believe that the colonists
could beat their army
● The talks started in Paris. It was
1782. Some colonists went to
England
● Britain just wanted everything to be
over. They gave the Americans
almost everything that they wanted.