美国独立战争(英文)

TheWarofIndependenceMyquestion:HowmuchdoyouknowabouttheAmericanflag?IntroductionI.ThebackgroundofthewarII.CauseblastingfuseIII.Process1.Theoutsetofwar2.Thewideningtheatreofwar3.Turningpoint4.FinalVictory5.PeacetreatyⅣ.ThespritoftheAmericansⅤ.SignificanceI.Thebackgroundofthewar1.1TheSevenYears’War/theFrenchandIndianWar(1756---1763)theculminationofaseriesofwarsbetweenFranceandBritaintheBritishwontheWarThePeaceofParis(1763)wassignedthatFrancecededCanadaandterritorieseastoftheMississippiRivertoBritainBritainwerebadlyinneedofmoneyandimposednewtaxesuponcolonists1.2ConflictbetweenBritainandAmericancoloniststheSugarAct(1764),theStampAct(1767),theQuarteringAct(1765),theTownshendAct(1767)andtheTeaAct(1773)resistanceofthecolonies:by1770alltaxeswererepealedexcepttaxonteaⅡ.CAUSE1.TheeconomicdevelopmentofNorthAmerica，Britishcolonies2.TheformationoftheAmericannation3.NorthAmerica'sactiverequestgettingridofBritishoppressionfornationalindependence4.BritishcolonialoppressionandexploitationBlastingFuseBoston'TeaParty',16December1773Ⅲ.PROCESS1.Theoutsetofwar2.Thewideningtheatreofwar3.Turningpoint4.FinalVictory5.Peacetreaty

3.1TheoutsetofwarTheFirstShotofLexington(April18,1775.)FormanarmyWhen?Inmid-1775Where?InPhiladelphiaTheContinentalCongressWho?Patriotrepresentativesofthe13coloniesofAmericaWhat?AppointedGeorgeWashington

ascommanderinchiefoftheContinentalArmyFormastateTheDeclarationofIndependence(July4,1776)AnnouncingthebirthoftheUnitedStatesTheDeclarationofIndependenceINCONGRESS,JULY4,1776THEUNANIMOUS

DECLARATIONOFTHETHIRTEENUNITEDSTATESOFAMERAICATheDeclarationofIndependenceWeholdthesetruthstobeself-evident:thatallmenarecreatedequal;thattheyareendowedbytheirCreatorwithcertainunalienablerights,thatamongthesearelife,libertyandthepursuitofhappiness……我们认为下面这些真理是不行言喻的：造物者创建了同等的个人，并赐予他们若干不行剥夺的权利，其中包括生命权、自由权和追求华蜜的权利。3.2ThewideningtheatreofwarSaratoga'sgreatvictory(萨拉托加大捷)

TimeIn1777

October17Process

Ill-judgedofBritisharmyResultLieutenantGeneralJohnBurgoynewasforcedtosurrenderwithhisentirearmy

SignificanceIn1780awiderLeagueofArmedNeutrality

wasformed

Theformidableadversaries

--TheBritisharmyBritishregularshadanimpressivecombinationofdisciplineandtacticalskillTheformidable

adversariesTheAmericanarmy3.3TurningpointTime

Inthespringof1781Process

★AdmiraldeGrasse,madeaattempttosecurecontroloftheseaofftheChesapeakeBay

★FrenchandAmericansmountedaformalsiegeagainstCornwallis

3.4Finalvictory

---Yorktowncampaign

(约克镇战役)

OnOctober19,1781,theBritishgeneralCornwallistogetherwithhisseveralthousandsoldiers,surrenderedtoGeorgeWashington.ThewarendedinvictoryfortheAmericans.TheBritishsurrenderatYorktown,17October1781

3.5Peacetreaty

--TreatyofVersailles

ThetreatywassignedinParisin1783.BritishrecognizedAmericanindependence.Thepeacetreatyacknowledgedtheindependence,freedom,andsovereigntyofthe13states.thedraftofTreatyOfParisⅣ.ThespritoftheAmericansthepatriotshadalwaysbeenlikelytowin,providedtheystruggledonandavoidedoutrightdefeatspritoftheAmericansThesongofbattle

--YankeeDoodle…AndtherewasCaptainWashingtonUponaslappingstallion.GivingorderstohismenIguesstherewereamillion.YankeeDoodlekeepitup，YankeeDoodledandy！Mindthemusicandthestepandwiththegirlsbehandy.YankeeDoodlegiveatune，itcomesinmightyhandy.TheenemyallrunsawayatYankeeDoodledandy！YankeeDoodlekeepitup，YankeeDoodledandy！Mindthemusicandthestepandwiththegirlsbehandy.Spritof'76Ⅴ.SignificanceTheAmericanWarofIndependencewasofgreathistoricalimportanceandinfluence.AnewrepublicemergedanditmarkedanewbeginningofAmericanhistory.Ittellstheworldthatajustcausewillsoonerorl