Lecture notes: The American Revolution
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Date: 2012-09-02

identify the ideological, military, and diplomatic aspects of the American Revolution (GPS) (SSUH_D2007-33)

- 33b - explain the reason for and significance of the French alliance and other foreign assistance, and the roles of Benjamin Franklin (as a diplomat) and the Marquis de Lafayette, 33c - analyze George Washington as a military leader, including the creation of a professional military, the life of a common soldier, the crossing of the Delaware River and Valley Forge, 33d - explain the role of geography in the battles of Lexington and Concord, Saratoga, Yorktown, the role of Lord Cornwallis, and the Treaty of Paris of 1783