Honors - VUS.4d-e Analogies Lesson Review

Britain : Naval Supremacy :: Colonists :

• Defensive terrain knowledge

• Overseas wealth

• Trained standing army

• Vast artillery reserves

Battle of Bunker Hill : Defensive Entrenchment :: Battle of Camden :

• French naval blockade

• British exploitation of militia weakness

• Spanish reinforcement

• American cavalry dominance

Siege of Boston : Colonial persistence :: Evacuation of Boston :

• British surrender in Europe

• French aid arrival

• British withdrawal under pressure

• American retreat

George Washington : Long-term defensive strategy :: Cornwallis :

• Rapid diplomatic settlement

• Decisive battlefield engagements

• Political pamphlet writing

• Naval dominance

Battle of Saratoga : French alliance secured :: Battle of Yorktown :

• Cornwallis’s entrenchment destroyed

• American retreat from Philadelphia

• Britain captures Boston

• Spain withdraws support

Washington : Commanding Continental Army :: Jefferson :

• Drafting the Declaration of Independence

• Directing French naval forces

• Commanding Loyalist regiments

• Negotiating British peace terms

John Locke : Natural Rights :: Thomas Paine :

• Advocacy for independence

• French naval commander

• British general at Camden

• Spanish diplomat

“Consent of the governed” : Legitimate authority :: “Divine Right” :

• Absolutist monarchy

• Popular sovereignty

• Colonial charters

• Representative assemblies

Battle of Long Island : Washington retreat :: Battle of Yorktown :

• Cornwallis surrender

• Franklin treaty signing

• Jefferson resignation

• Adams naval blockade

Colonial morale : Political commitment :: British morale :

• Erosion from war costs

• Expansion through alliances

• Reinforcement from Spain

• Growth in popular enthusiasm