Transcript Ch 8 sec 4 powerpoint

Chapter 8 Section 4
“The End of the War”
The Battle of Monmouth 1779
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In 1779, Washington and the Continental Army
had the British on the run and chased them
across New Jersey.
They caught up with the British near the town of
Monmouth and attacked.
General Charles Lee, Washington’s second-incommand, was in charge of leading the assault
on the British rear guard.
When British reinforcements arrived, Lee
ordered a retreat.
Washington charged forward to halt the retreat.
By the end of the day, the British were pulling
back.
Battle of Monmouth, NJ 1779
Washington at Monmouth
The War Moves South
Having failed in the Northern states, Britain
moved the war to the South.
 The patriot cause was kept alive by guerilla
fighters like Francis Marion, the famous “swamp
fox”.
 Marion’s guerillas repeatedly attacked the
British, then faded like ghosts into tidewater
swamps.
 They terrorized Loyalist militia and kept the
British busy protecting supply lines.
Guerillas: soldiers who are not part of the
regular army who make hit and run
attacks.
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Francis Marion aka “Swamp
Fox”
1780
Washington sent his best commander,
General Nathaniel Greene, to the South to
slow the British advance.
 The troops, under General Greene,
exhausted General Cornwallis and the
British army.
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War in the South 1780
General Nathaniel
Greene
General Cornwallis
War in the West
Americans led by George Rogers Clark
seized control of the Ohio Valley.
 Clark planned to drive the British out of
the Ohio River Valley and the Great Lakes
region.
 By 1779 Americans controlled the Ohio
River Valley.
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George Rogers Clark
Help from Spain
In 1779, Bernardo de Galvez, the Gov. of
Spanish Louisiana pulled together a force
from Spain, Mexico, and the Caribbean.
 This force drove British troops from their
forts along the Mississippi River.
 1781; Galvez organized a much larger
army and attacked the British in
Pensacola, Florida.
 2,500 British soldiers were trapped. They
could not come to the aid of Cornwallis.
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Bernardo de Galvez
The War Ends
 October
1781: American and French
troops trapped Cornwallis at
Yorktown, Virginia.
 The British surrendered.
 The war was over.
Battle of Yorktown Map
Battle of Yorktown Map
Cornwallis’s Surrender at
Yorktown
Battle of Yorktown
Treaty of Paris
Early in 1783, the British and Americans
signed a peace treaty in Paris, France.
 Britain recognized the United States as an
independent nation.
 Granted the U.S. all lands from the
Atlantic Coast to the Mississippi River, and
from Florida to Canada.
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United States 1783
United States 1783