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The The American American

RevolutionRevolutionThe Buildup of Resentment

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Conditions after the Conditions after the French Indian War French Indian War (1763)(1763) England strong, but large debts

England puts standing army in colonies to protect from enemies & indians

Colonists were cheating, trading with French and others

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Problems between the Problems between the English and their English and their ColoniesColonies

Writs of AssistanceStamp Act (1765)

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Reactions to the Reactions to the Stamp ActStamp Act

* Stamp Act Resolves (Virginia)

* Philosophical Argument

* Sons of Liberty

* Stamp Act Repealed (1766)

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Problems between the Problems between the English and their English and their ColoniesColonies Writs of Assistance Stamp Act (1765) Townshend Acts (1767)

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Reactions to Reactions to Townshend ActsTownshend Acts

Boston Boycott ... Samuel Adams

Liberty Incident (1769) ... John Hancock

Quartering Act Boston Massacre (March, 1770) Boycott Works ... Acts Repealed

except for TEA

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Problems between the Problems between the English and their English and their ColoniesColonies Writs of Assistance Stamp Act (1765) Townshend Acts (1767) Boston Tea Party (1773)

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Problems between the Problems between the English and their English and their ColoniesColonies Writs of Assistance Stamp Act (1765) Townshend Acts (1767) Boston Tea Party (1773) Intolerable (or Coercive) Acts

(1774)

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Intolerable (or Intolerable (or Coercive) Acts Coercive) Acts (1774)(1774) Closed the port of Boston Shut down the representative government in Massachusetts

Martial law

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The Result of these Problems:The Result of these Problems:

The First The First Continental Continental CongressCongress(Sept. 1774)(Sept. 1774)

Recommended:Recommended: All Colonies Boycott all British goods

Prepare militia

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The The American American

RevolutionRevolutionThe War Begins

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Lexington and Concord, Mass. (April 18, 1775)

Paul Revere

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Tories/Tories/LoyalistsLoyalists

1/3 of Americans were against the war

Stayed Loyal to England

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PatriotsPatriots 1/3 were

actively for the war (Patriotic)

1/3 of Americans simply didn't care

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Second Continental Second Continental Congress (May, 1775)Congress (May, 1775)

George Washington Commander

Patrick Henry ... "Give me liberty, or give me death."

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Battle of Bunker Battle of Bunker Hill (June, 75)Hill (June, 75)

Breeds Hill

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Movement Movement toward toward IndependenceIndependence

German mercenaries Thomas Paine's "Common Sense"

Declaration of Independence

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Declaration of Declaration of IndependenceIndependenceCommittee including:Committee including:

John Adams Ben Franklin Thomas Jefferson

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Key Concepts of the Key Concepts of the Declaration of Declaration of IndependenceIndependence Right of the people to

control government Complaints against the King “All men are created equal” Right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

Adopted on July 4, 1776

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Military Advantages

American Patriots

England

Defensive StrategyLandMotivation

Training Navy

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Original Original British British StrategyStrategy“The Northern “The Northern Campaign”Campaign”

Cut off New EnglandControl NY City and Philly

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Battle of Trenton, NJ (Dec 76)

Saratoga, NY (Oct, 1777)

Foreign Assistance Valley Forge, Pa.Northern Campaign Failed

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The Southern Strategy(1778-81)

• Port Cities v. Inland Fighting

• Long Supply Lines

• Not enough Loyalist Support

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The War EndsThe War Ends Yorktown, Va (Sept-Oct, 1781) ... a peninsula

British General Cornwallis and French General Lafayette

Treaty of Paris (1783)

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The End of the War ...

the Beginning of

a Nation!


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