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2365 EXAM2 | Questions and Answers (Latest Update
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1. 3 Stages of American Revolution:
Stage 1: Police Action (1775-1776)
Stage 2: Take Major Cities (1776-1778)
Stage 3: British Go South (1778-1781)
2. 3 Stages of American Revolution
Stage 1: Police Action: - Problem of law enforcement and mob control
- Think Boston Tea Party; Lexington and Concord
- British doesn't commit massive amounts of troops because number wise it isn't worth
it
3. 3 Stages of American Revolution
Stage 2: Take Major Cities: - British decides to fight a traditional war by trying to
control population and resources in Major Cities (only 5% of people live in major
cities)
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- Summer 1776
> British take NYC; 32,000 british troops
> Washington retreats and fights a little at a time
- December 1776
> Trenton and Princeton = American Victory!!
- 1777: British plan to take Hudson River Valley
> Howe will go north from NYC
> Burgoyre will go south from Canada
> They want to meet in the middle
> Howe doesn't go North; he goes to Philadelphia
> Burgoyre gets stopped at Saratoga
> British army is captured at Saratoga
*Saratoga victory gets French attention
*1st major victory = boosts moral, makes British reevaluate their game plan
4. 3 Stages of American Revolution
Stage 3: British Go South: - Huge concentrations of loyalists
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- Ensight slave rebellion
- Closer to West Indies = easier to get supplies
- Better weather
- Cornwallis needs supplies so in Sept-Oct 1781 he goes to Yorktown
> French show up instead of
British > American victory
October 19, 1781 *Huge win!!!
*Final battle
5. Treaty of Paris (1783):
1British recognized independence of US
US boundary goes north to Canada, west to Mississippi River, south to Florida and
east to Atlantic Ocean
British promise to vacate western forts
Americans get fishing rights off coast of Canada
Americans agree to repay all debts owed to British merchants
Loyalists will receive fair treatment and get their property back
6. Loyalists: - 1/5 of your population
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2365 EXAM2 | Questions and Answers (Latest Update
) | 100% Correct.
1. 3 Stages of American Revolution:
Stage 1: Police Action (1775-1776)
Stage 2: Take Major Cities (1776-1778)
Stage 3: British Go South (1778-1781)
2. 3 Stages of American Revolution
Stage 1: Police Action: - Problem of law enforcement and mob control
- Think Boston Tea Party; Lexington and Concord
- British doesn't commit massive amounts of troops because number wise it isn't worth
it
3. 3 Stages of American Revolution
Stage 2: Take Major Cities: - British decides to fight a traditional war by trying to
control population and resources in Major Cities (only 5% of people live in major
cities)
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- Summer 1776
> British take NYC; 32,000 british troops
> Washington retreats and fights a little at a time
- December 1776
> Trenton and Princeton = American Victory!!
- 1777: British plan to take Hudson River Valley
> Howe will go north from NYC
> Burgoyre will go south from Canada
> They want to meet in the middle
> Howe doesn't go North; he goes to Philadelphia
> Burgoyre gets stopped at Saratoga
> British army is captured at Saratoga
*Saratoga victory gets French attention
*1st major victory = boosts moral, makes British reevaluate their game plan
4. 3 Stages of American Revolution
Stage 3: British Go South: - Huge concentrations of loyalists
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- Ensight slave rebellion
- Closer to West Indies = easier to get supplies
- Better weather
- Cornwallis needs supplies so in Sept-Oct 1781 he goes to Yorktown
> French show up instead of
British > American victory
October 19, 1781 *Huge win!!!
*Final battle
5. Treaty of Paris (1783):
1British recognized independence of US
US boundary goes north to Canada, west to Mississippi River, south to Florida and
east to Atlantic Ocean
British promise to vacate western forts
Americans get fishing rights off coast of Canada
Americans agree to repay all debts owed to British merchants
Loyalists will receive fair treatment and get their property back
6. Loyalists: - 1/5 of your population
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