Loyalists (supported the British) and Patriots(supported independence), who now have to decide what side they will be with.
The end of the war
Most Native Americans- supported the Loyalists Most African Americans - supported the Loyalist
Portrait of the men who negotiated the Treaty of Paris
By July 1775, moderates in Congress draft the Olive Branch Petition, asking the king to restore peace -The king rejects the petition -Sends British Navy to block American ships from leaving ports
A change in ideas
By 1781, most of the fighting took place in Virginia. The Battle of Yorktown would be the last major battle of the American Revolution
The British refused to be part of the painting, they did not want to appear in a painting that showed Americans as their equals
The American Revolution was not just a war, but a change in ideas about government Before the war Americans demanded their rights as English citizens, that idea was replaced with the idea of republicanism.