美国独立战争简介_英文版.ppt

The main event： In May 1775, the second Continental Congress circles（ 1775年5月，第二界大陆会议） In 1776, through the “Declaration of Independence” （1776年，通过《独立宣言》） France join the war and a world War （法国加入战争 和 世界之战） 1781, Yorktown victory, the war ended （1781年，约克镇大捷，战争结束） In 1783, the United Kingdom officially recognized independence of the United States. （1783年，英国正式承认美国独立。） General George Washington  In the early months of 1780 General Cornwallis arrived before Charleston to begin the reconquest of South Carolina. In the Treaty of Paris of 1783, the English formally recognized the independence of the United States. * * The City of Philadelphia The Second continental Congress met in Philadelphia, on May 10,1775 But… Bunker Hill The Americans captured a hill, now called Bunker Hill, from which they attacked the enemy in Boston. The Declaration of Independence made England and the United States enemies at war, instead of friends fighting over a disagreement. French Friends France gave the American large sums of guns, gunpowder. The America Revolution Becomes a World War