{"id":3475,"date":"2021-09-20T00:40:46","date_gmt":"2021-09-20T00:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-117pinsker\/?page_id=3475"},"modified":"2026-02-17T13:39:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T13:39:49","slug":"american-revolution","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-117pinsker\/course-syllabus\/american-revolution\/","title":{"rendered":"American Revolution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Image Gateway:\u00a0 Washington Crossing the Delaware (1776)<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_581\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-american\/image-leutzes-washington-crossing\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-581 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-08-at-10.47.33-AM-1024x787.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/723\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-08-at-10.47.33-AM-1024x787.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/723\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-08-at-10.47.33-AM-300x231.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/723\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-08-at-10.47.33-AM-768x591.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/723\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-08-at-10.47.33-AM-1536x1181.png 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/723\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-08-at-10.47.33-AM-390x300.png 390w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/723\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-08-at-10.47.33-AM.png 1688w\" alt=\"Washington Crossing\" width=\"584\" height=\"449\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-581\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-581\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emanuel Leutze\u2019s 1851 depiction of Washington Crossing the Delaware (1776)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Discussion Question<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What was the key to Washington&#8217;s successful military strategy during the Revolutionary War? <em>(Consider how to weigh factors such as strategic patience, diplomatic alliances or the American landscape)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Timeline:\u00a0 Revolutionary War\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dBToyHSGD2Q?si=BH72RK2rznSZH2OY\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1775 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.battlefields.org\/learn\/revolutionary-war\/battles\/lexington-and-concord\">Lexington &amp; Concord<\/a> \/\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.masshist.org\/revolution\/congress2.php\">Second Continental Congress<\/a><\/li>\n<li>1776 <a href=\"https:\/\/billofrightsinstitute.org\/primary-sources\/common-sense\">Paine&#8217;s Common Sense \/<\/a>\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/avalon.law.yale.edu\/subject_menus\/constpap.asp\">State constitutions<\/a><\/li>\n<li>1776 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archives.gov\/founding-docs\/declaration-transcript\">Declaration of Independence<\/a><\/li>\n<li>1776\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-american\/image-leutzes-washington-crossing\/\">Washington Crossing Delaware<\/a><\/li>\n<li>1777\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.battlefields.org\/learn\/revolutionary-war\/battles\/saratoga\">Battle of Saratoga<\/a><\/li>\n<li>1777-8\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.battlefields.org\/learn\/videos\/valley-forge?ms=googlepaid&amp;gclid=CjwKCAjw4qCKBhAVEiwAkTYsPJ6yhE5Nz1lz9Xj3L6wKJrmpu0-zLgJ3ARGZJaSoYPTSbfMDqufz6xoC3_YQAvD_BwE\">Valley Forge<\/a><\/li>\n<li>1778\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-282pinsker\/2019\/01\/28\/us-french-alliance-1778\/\">French Alliance<\/a><\/li>\n<li>1780\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.battlefields.org\/learn\/revolutionary-war\/battles\/charleston\">Battle of Charleston<\/a><\/li>\n<li>1781\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.battlefields.org\/learn\/revolutionary-war\/battles\/yorktown?ms=googlegrant&amp;gclid=CjwKCAjw4qCKBhAVEiwAkTYsPKQUwJYaw6VU-xQSUleDbGcnQmAc9nA8sQeFoJAR-_P32OfKlG5xURoCOZIQAvD_BwE\">Battle of Yorktown<\/a><\/li>\n<li>1783\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-282pinsker\/2017\/01\/20\/treaty-of-paris-1783\/\">Treaty of Paris<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Maps<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-08-at-11.00.03-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-585 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-08-at-11.00.03-AM.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/723\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-08-at-11.00.03-AM.png 648w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-military\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/723\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-08-at-11.00.03-AM-191x300.png 191w\" alt=\"Map\" width=\"648\" height=\"1016\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=1cJT2nvw7NG1Z_8tnbOdGfXev7IA&amp;ehbc=2E312F\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image Gateway:\u00a0 Washington Crossing the Delaware (1776) Emanuel Leutze\u2019s 1851 depiction of Washington Crossing the Delaware (1776) Discussion Question What was the key to Washington&#8217;s successful military strategy during the Revolutionary War? (Consider how to weigh factors such as strategic &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-117pinsker\/course-syllabus\/american-revolution\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":373,"featured_media":0,"parent":11,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-3475","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-117pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-117pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-117pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-117pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/373"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-117pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3475"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-117pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3475\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5198,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-117pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3475\/revisions\/5198"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-117pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-117pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}