The Opposing Sides
Continental vs British Army
Continental Army
1. ill equipped, undermanned and hungry
2. No central authority
3. No real source of income-private citizens
4. Soldiers unpaid-didn’t want to die for this
5. Highest inflation in U.S. history
6. Service of only 3 months
7. Home field advantage
British Army
1. Best in the world
2. Better armed
3. Outnumber the colonists
4. Bad at fighting in woods/hills
5. took too long to resupply from England
6. Unaccustomed to guerilla warfare
7. European nations helped colonists
Battles: Assignments
For the following, create a presentation of your
choice (powerpoint, haiku deck, google
presentation) of the following Revolutionary
battles. You MUST include maps, images, and
video clips if you can find them of your battle,
along with the basic rundown of battle itself.
1.Crossing the Delaware, Valley Forge and Saratoga 5960
2.War in the West, Natives, at Sea and in the South 60-61
3. Battle of Yorktown and terms of the Treaty of Paris 62
4. Eliza Wilkinson and Ester Deberdt Reed
5. Camp followers
6. Esther Quincy Sewall
7. Molly Brant and Queen Esther Montour
8. Mary Postill
9. Phillis Wheatley-poems
10. Lydia Darragh