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Colonial Advantages:
1. Defending their homes.
2. Good knowledge of the terrain.
3. War was unpopular in Great Britain .
4. Possible French alliance.
5. British had long supply routes.
British Advantages:
1. Superior military force.
2. Superior navy.
3. Superior weaponry.
4. Lack of colonial unity -
The Continental Army began as a rag tag group of volunteer militia.
George Washington:
1. Commander of Colonial forces during the Revolution.
2. Former British commander during the French and Indian war.
The Colonial would obtain support from France.
1. Military officers
2. Troops
3. Naval Support
4. Money -
On the morning of September 15, British General William Howe attacked the vulnerable American center before they completed their evacuation. Five British warships sailed into the East River and anchored two hundred yards offshore from Kip's Bay, between modern-day East Thirty-Second and Thirty-Eighth Streets.
About fifty American soldiers were killed during the fighting, some after they surrendered, and 367 were captured. Howe suffered only a handful of casualties. -
Colonists defeat Burgoyne’s British troops,
It was also the turning point of the war.
And France, the Netherlands, and Spain enter the war on the side of the Americans. -
The Battle of Camden was one of several devastating defeats suffered by the Americans in the early stages of the British military offensive in the South. After capturing Charleston in May 1780, British forces under General Charles Lord Cornwallis established a supply depot and garrison at Camden as part of their effort to secure control of the South Carolina backcountry.
Casualties - American casualties were estimated to be 900 killed/wounded and 1000 captured. -
Developed by the 2nd Continental Congress in 1777.
Set up a central government with a 1 house legislature: Each state had one vote.
Congress had authority to make war, and settle interstate disputes:
Had very little power to enforce new laws.
Could not coin money or levy taxes.
Could not regulate trade.
Very strong, independent state governments were formed.
Very weak, central government was also created.
Led to very weak unstable government and economy. -
The American and French trap General Cornwallis’s army at Yorktown, Virginia -
- Freedom of religion, speech, and press.
- Right to bear arms.
- No quartering of soldiers.
- Protection from unreasonable search and seizure.
- Double Jeopardy.
- Speedy trial buy jury.
- Law suits of 20$ or more.
- Cruel and unusual punishment.
- Constitutional law cannot be used to deny others there rights.
- Constitution is subject to amendment and change.