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Mcgraw Hill — Investor Presentation (2012)
24 slides from Mcgraw Hill's investor presentation, 2012
Slide 1: Alan Brinkley, American History 14/e, Chapter 5: The American Revolution
Alan Brinkley, American History 14/e Chapter 5: The American Revolution
Slide 2: Highlights
Highlights The States United The War for Independence War and Society The Creation of State Governments The Search for a National Government 2 © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Slide 3: The States United
The States United Defining American War Aims – Olive Branch Petition – Common Sense Common Sense (Library of Congress) 3 © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Slide 4: The States United
The States United The Decision for Independence – The Declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson (Library of Congress) 4 © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Slide 5: The States United
The States United Responses to Independence – Divided Americans – Articles of Confederation Mobilizing for War – Financing the War – General George Washington – Foreign Assistance George Washington at Valley Forge (The Palma Collection/Getty Images) 5 © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All
Slide 6: The War for Independence
The War for Independence – American Advantages Fighting on their own ground Patriots deeply committed The First Phase: New England – Bunker Hill – Invasion of Canada 6 © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Slide 7: The Revolution in the North, 1775-1776
The War for Independence The Revolution in the North, 1775-1776 7 © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Slide 8: The War for Independence
The War for Independence The Second Phase: The Mid-Atlantic Region – British Take New York – Britain’s Strategy – Patriot Victory at Saratoga – British Blunders The Iroquois and the British – Divisions in the Iroquois Confederacy 8 © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Slide 9: The Revolution in the Middle Colonies, 1776-1778
The War for Independence The Revolution in the Middle Colonies, 1776-1778 9 © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Slide 10: The War for Independence
The War for Independence Securing Aid from Abroad – Militia Diplomats – Pivotal French Aid Benjamin Franklin (Portrait Gallery) 10 © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Slide 11: The War for Independence
The War for Independence The Final Phase: The South – Revolutionary Consequences of the Southern Campaign – Nathanael Greene – Yorktown British surrender to Washington (Library of Congress) 11 © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Slide 12: The Revolution in the South, 1778-1781
The War for Independence The Revolution in the South, 1778-1781 12 © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Slide 13: The War for Independence
The War for Independence Winning the Peace – Treaty of Paris A map presented to Benjamin Franklin by the Royal Cartographer of France, showing the 1783 Treaty boundaries (Royalty-Free/CORBIS) 13 © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Slide 14: War and Society
War and Society Loyalists and Minorities – The Loyalists’ Plight – Weakening of the Anglican Church – Strengthening of the Catholic Church Tarring and feathering (Library of Congress) 14 © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Slide 15: War and Society
War and Society The War and Slavery – African American Desire for Freedom – Tension between Liberty and Slavery Native Americans and the Revolution – Taking Sides – Growing Divisions among the Indians 15 © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Slide 16: War and Society
War and Society Women’s Rights and Women’s Roles – Women of the Army – Calls for Women’s Rights – A Strengthened Patriarchal Structure Women of the Revolution (Library of Congress) 16 © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Slide 17: War and Society
War and Society The War Economy American trade suddenly on its own Yankee privateers – New Patterns of Trade 17 © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Slide 18: The Creation of State Governments
The Creation of State Governments The Assumptions of Republicanism – Importance of Civic Virtue – Persistent Inequality The First State Constitutions – Written Constitutions and Strong Legislatures Did not embrace direct popular rule 18 © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserv
Slide 19: The Creation of State Governments
The Creation of State Governments Revising State Governments Problem of too much democracy – Shift to Strong Executives Toleration and Slavery – Statute of Religious Liberty Slavery survived in southern and border states 19 © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Slide 20: The Search for a National Government
The Search for a National Government The Confederation – Limited Power of the National Government Confederation lacked adequate power Diplomatic Failures – Postwar Disputes with Britain and Spain John Adams 20 © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Slide 21: The Search for a National Government
The Search for a National Government The Conflict over Western Lands 21 © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Slide 22: The Search for a National Government
The Search for a National Government The Confederation and the Northwest – The Ordinances of 1784 and 1785 – The Grid – Northwest Ordinance 22 © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Slide 23: The Search for a National Government
The Search for a National Government Land Survey: Ordinance of 1785 23 © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Slide 24: The Search for a National Government
The Search for a National Government Indians and the Western Lands – Battle of Fallen Timbers Debts, Taxes, and Daniel Shays – Postwar Depression – Political Disputes over Economic Issues – Shays’s Rebellion 24 © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.