The The American American
RevolutionRevolutionThe Buildup of Resentment
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
Problems between the Problems between the English and their English and their ColoniesColonies
Writs of AssistanceStamp Act (1765)
Reactions to the Reactions to the Stamp ActStamp Act
* Stamp Act Resolves (Virginia)
* Philosophical Argument
* Sons of Liberty
* Stamp Act Repealed (1766)
Problems between the Problems between the English and their English and their ColoniesColonies Writs of Assistance Stamp Act (1765) Townshend Acts (1767)
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 Acts Repealed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
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)
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)
Intolerable (or Intolerable (or Coercive) Acts Coercive) Acts (1774)(1774) Closed the port of Boston Shut down the representative government in Massachusetts
Martial law
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
The The American American
RevolutionRevolutionThe War Begins
Lexington and Concord, Mass. (April 18, 1775)
Paul Revere
Tories/Tories/LoyalistsLoyalists
1/3 of Americans were against the war
Stayed Loyal to England
PatriotsPatriots 1/3 were
actively for the war (Patriotic)
1/3 of Americans simply didn't care
Second Continental Second Continental Congress (May, 1775)Congress (May, 1775)
George Washington Commander
Patrick Henry ... "Give me liberty, or give me death."
Battle of Bunker Battle of Bunker Hill (June, 75)Hill (June, 75)
Breeds Hill
Movement Movement toward toward IndependenceIndependence
German mercenaries Thomas Paine's "Common Sense"
Declaration of Independence
Declaration of Declaration of IndependenceIndependenceCommittee including:Committee including:
John Adams Ben Franklin Thomas Jefferson
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
Military Advantages
American Patriots
England
Defensive StrategyLandMotivation
Training Navy
Original Original British British StrategyStrategy“The Northern “The Northern Campaign”Campaign”
Cut off New EnglandControl NY City and Philly
Battle of Trenton, NJ (Dec 76)
Saratoga, NY (Oct, 1777)
Foreign Assistance Valley Forge, Pa.Northern Campaign Failed
The Southern Strategy(1778-81)
• Port Cities v. Inland Fighting
• Long Supply Lines
• Not enough Loyalist Support
The War EndsThe War Ends Yorktown, Va (Sept-Oct, 1781) ... a peninsula
British General Cornwallis and French General Lafayette
Treaty of Paris (1783)
The End of the War ...
the Beginning of
a Nation!