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LXVIII. What commander was sent over with the French troops?

Where did the French troops land?
Why did they accomplish nothing?
What French fleets were sent?
What did they accomplish?

LXIX. Arnold's treason.

a. Previous history of Arnold.

Johnston's U. S. 239. Bryant's Popular Hist. IV. 16-29. Hildreth's U. S. III. 318-23. Morris's Half Hours, II. 106. Washington and His Country, 370, 399-421. Coffin's Boys of '76, chap. XXVII. Fiske's War of Independence, 167-71. Winsor's Hist. of Amer. VI. 129–30, 162, 213, 292, 298, 300, 304-5, 306, 308, 346, 402, 447-8, 449, 450-1, 453–63, 467.

1. At Ticonderoga.

2. Expedition against Quebec.

3. On Lake Champlain.

4. With Gates's army.

5. In Philadelphia after its evacuation by Howe.

6. Censure by Washington.

b. How did Arnold get command at West Point?

c. What do you think was Arnold's real motive for turning traitor? d. Arnold's plan. Where was Washington? The execution of

the plan. Andrè.

e. The discovery of Arnold's treason.

Results.

f. What was Arnold paid for his treason?

g. What kind of a life had Arnold after he joined the British?

LXX. Paper money (Continental currency).

Johnston's U. S. 234-5. Lossing's Field-Book of Rev. II. 317-19. Fiske's War of Independence, 162, 166. Hildreth's U. S. III. 295, 301, 310, 318, 338, 358, 361.

How issued?

What was it worth?

(Show its value by the prices of common articles.)

Lossing's Field-Book of Rev. I. 317-20, 352; II. 557, 630.

Why was it worth so little?

LXXI. Winter quarters, 1780-1.

a. Location and condition of the army.

b. The revolt of the troops.

Johnston's U. S. 240. Bryant's Popular Hist. IV. 50-2. Hildreth's U. S. III.

337. Lossing's Field-Book of Rev. I. 309-13.

What were their grounds of complaint?

How were they satisfied?

How was the revolt finally subdued?

LXXII. What did the British gain in the South in 1779-80?

Fiske's War of Independence, 163-5. Johnston's U. S. 237, 245-6.

LXXIII. Greene's campaign.

Winsor's Hist. of Amer. VI. 480-93, 508-13. Washington and His Country,

440+. Johnston's U. S. 430-56, 458.

Hildreth's U. S. III. 325-9, 342-9, 351.

Bryant's Popular Hist. IV. 40-8.

a. Draw a map of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, locating carefully all important rivers.

b. Plundering raids and expeditions.

King's Mountain, etc.

Fiske's War of Independence, 173-7. Washington and His Country, 430-4, 434-41, 441-57. Johnston's U. S. 204, 246, 247-52, 255.

What effect had they upon the strength of Cornwallis's army? Fiske's War of Independence, 171-2. Winsor's Hist. of Amer. VI. 435-6. Washington and His Country, 421-430.

c. Cowpens.

References above.

d. Greene's retreat to the Dan River. Coffin's Boys of '76, chap. XXIX. and above.

e. Guilford Court House.

Coffin's Boys of '76, chap. XXX. and above.

Where did Cornwallis go after this battle?

Where did Greene go?

f. Hobkirk's Hill and Eutaw Springs.

Johnston's U. S. 255. Bryant's Popular Hist. IV. 57-8 and above. Coffin's Boys of '76, chap. XXXI. Hildreth's U. S. III. 364-6. Washington and His Country, 458-62.

LXXIV. Why did England keep so weak an army in America? Fiske's War of Independence, 158.

NOTE.-Show how the English forces were divided by the siege of Gibraltar (by Spanish and French forces), by a Spanish attack on Pensacola, Fla., by French attacks on her possessions in Africa and in India; and by both Spanish and French attacks on the English West Indies and on her commerce.

LXXV. What was the British plan for the year 1781?

Johnston's U. S. 256-7.

What was the American plan?

Where was Arnold sent? Why?

Johnston's U. S. 253. Fiske's War of Independence, 177–8.

Where was La Fayette sent? Why?

LXXVI. The routes and movements by which armies were concentrated on the Yorktown peninsula.

Johnston's U. S. 256-62. Bryant's Popular Hist. IV. 71-4. Hildreth's U. S. III. 354-5, 357, 366-71. Lossing's Field-Book of Rev. II. 306, 311-20. Morris's Half Hours, II. 127. Coffin's Boys of '76, chap. XXXIII.; maps, 385, 387. Fiske's War of Independence, 175, 177-80. Winsor's Hist. of Amer. VI. 494-506, 549-53.

a. Movements by which Cornwallis was driven into the position on the peninsula.

Why did he choose to make a stand there?

b. The union of the French troops with Washington's army.

c. Washington's manner of outwitting Clinton.

and fleets.

Washington and His Country; map, 459. Lossing's Field-Book of Rev. II.; map, 312. Coffin's Boys of '76; maps, 385, 387. Winsor's Hist. of Amer. VI. 548-53.

e. What advantages were on the American side?

f. The surrender of Cornwallis.

References above.

Results.

LXXVII. Topic for an outline and summary: French aid in the war of the Revolution.

Review Lessons.

LXXVIII. Cause of the Revolution.

The opening of the war.

LXXIX. Campaigns.

a. The struggle in New Jersey.

b. The struggle for the Hudson.

c. Gates and Greene in the South.

d. The final campaign against Cornwallis.

(Each to be given by movements, with map.)

LXXX. Foreign relations.

a. Foreigners in the army.

b. French treaties and aid.

c. Commerce, Privateering.

American relations with the West India Islands.

d. The American navy.

LXXXI. Internal affairs.

a. Congresses.

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b. The Declaration of Independence.

c. State governments.

d. The Articles of Confederation.

e. Difficulties.

(Treat each point as a topic to be explained and illustrated.)

1. Lack of union among the colonies.

2. Lack of supplies.

3. The difficulty of raising troops, and the condition of the

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LXXXII. Persons in the Revolution.

The student should discuss the character and the value of the services of the leading men on each side, especially on the American.

Which men acted most truly from patriotic motives?

LXXXIII. General topics for discussion in class, or for short written papers.

a. Reasons why the British failed to conquer the American colonies.

b. Causes of the success of the colonists in securing independence. c. Which was the most important single event of the war in its results?

d. How were the colonists supplied with the necessaries of life during the war, especially with manufactured goods?

Johnston's U. S. 289-92. Morris's Half Hours, II. 136+. Eggleston's Household U. S. 190-3. Lossing's Field-Book of Rev. I. 470, note; 492, 586, note; II. 376, note, 451, note.

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