Chapter 8 Notes
Jacob Dyer 16/9/10 AP US History/ 3A Chapter #8: America Secedes from the Empire 1775-1783 I. Theme: What was the significance of the events that led up the Revolutionary War in America? What were the causes of America gaining its freedom in winning the Revolutionary War? Subheading ? Congress Drafts George Washington, Bunker Hill and Hessian Hirelings, The Abortive Conquest of Canada, Thomas Paine Preaches Common Sense, Pain and the Idea of ?Republicanism?, Jefferson?s ?Explanation? of Independence, Patriots and Loyalists, The Loyalist Exodus, General Washington at Bay, Revolution in Diplomacy?, The Colonial War Becomes a Wider War, Blow and Counterblow, The Land Frontier and the Sea Frontier, Yorktown and the Final Curtain, Peace at Paris, A New Nation Legitimized.