Summary of Week #5 PDF

British Strategy Thomas Gage William Howe British 6-pounder Israel Putnam June 17, 1775 Breed’s (Bunker) Hill Second Continental Congress Continental Army George Washington Washington’s Strengths Charisma War of Attrition Turning Points ✓ The Raid on Trenton (December 26, 1776) Trenton Turning Point...

British Strategy Thomas Gage William Howe British 6-pounder Israel Putnam June 17, 1775 Breed’s (Bunker) Hill Second Continental Congress Continental Army George Washington Washington’s Strengths Charisma War of Attrition Turning Points ✓ The Raid on Trenton (December 26, 1776) Trenton Turning Points ✓ The Raid on Trenton (December 26, 1776) ✓ British Surrender at Saratoga (October 7, 1777) Benedict Arnold The French The French Turning Points ✓ The Raid on Trenton (December 26, 1776) ✓ British Surrender at Saratoga (October 7, 1777) ✓ Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben at Valley Forge (Winter 1777-1778) Friedrich Wilhelm August Heinrich Ferdinand von Steuben Monmouth Courthouse (June 28, 1778) Mary Hays (Molly Pitcher) The British Head South Perceived Loyalist Support Familiar Social and Cultural Norms Restore Trade in Raw Materials (Lumber & Naval Stores) Establish a Naval base Close to the Caribbean Siege of Savannah (September 16 to October 18, 1779) “Tarleton’s Quarter” 113 Americans were killed and another 203 captured, 150 of whom were so badly wounded that they had to be left behind. Tarleton's casualties were 5 killed and 12 wounded. Partisan War Francis Marion “The Swamp Fox” Siege of Yorktown Surrender at Yorktown