U.S. History/American Revolution/George Washington

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Complete Discussion Post Four.  The question is:  George Washington has often been referred to as the father of our country, yet his record as a military commander could be judged as poor.  How is it possible for George Washington to be considered as the father of our country and yet have such a military record?

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CH 05 OUTLINE

1. Mobilizing for War
2. The Continental Army
3. Problems of Finance and Supply

            iii. Native Americans and the Revolution

1. Disaster in Canada
2. Washington’s Narrow Escape
3. A Desperate Gamble

            vii. Winter in Morristown

            viii. A Strategy of Evasion

1. American Society at War

III. Setbacks for the British (1777)

1. The Campaign of 1777
2. Alliance with France

1. 1778: Both Sides Regroup
2. Valley Forge and Stalemate
3. War in the West
4. The War Moves South
5. British Momentum
6. War in the Carolinas

            iii. The Battle of Kings Mountain

1. Southern Retreat

1. A War of Endurance
2. The Virginia Campaign
3. Yorktown
4. The Treaty of Paris (1783)
5. A Negotiated Peace

1. War as an Engine of Change
2. Republican Ideology
3. State Governments

            iii. The Articles of Confederation

1. Expansion of Political Participation

VII. The Social Revolution

1. The Exodus of Loyalists
2. Freedom of Religion

VIII. Slaves and the Revolution

1. Southern Backlash
2. The Status of Women

            iii. Women and Liberty

1. Native Americans and the Revolution

1. The Emergence of an American Culture