The Revolutionary War
- Costs of the War
- American
- 27,000 American casualties
- 1,400 Missing
- 8,200 were wounded
- British
- 10,000 British deaths
- Between 60,000 and 100,000 Loyalists left the United States, mostly to Canada
The Legacy of the War
- Treaty of Paris (2)- 1783
- US was recognized as an independent Nation
- L – Lexington and Concord – "Shot heard around the world!" First Battles
- B – Bunker Hill – a moral victory for the American troops (due to heavy British casualties)
- S – Saratoga – Turning point of the war
- Y – Yorktown – Britain surrendered to the US.
- Final battle: Yorktown
- Why did the Americans win?
- Better leadership
- Received foreign aid
- Knew the lay of the land better than the British
- Motivation
