The American Revolution

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The American Revolution

• I. Coming to America (reasons)
• 1. Religious freedom
• 2. Political freedom
• Colonists enjoyed these
• freedoms for over 200 years

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II. Evolution of Colonial Discontent

• 1. Colonies became profitable to England
• a. England needs for wars with Spain
  France
• b. Englands Kings enjoyed power
• 2. Colonists object to
• a. Quartering of troops
• b. Taxation without representation
• c. Lack of Self-Government
• d. Trade regulations

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II. Evolution of Colonial Discontent Continued

• 3. Colonial Protests
• a. Boston Tea Party
• -oppose tax on tea
• b. 1st Continental Congress
• -send peaceful complaints to King
• -No war, just fair treatment
• -King George III refused

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1st Continental Congress Letter to King George
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II. Evolution of Colonial Discontent Continued

• 3. Colonial Protests continued
• c. 2nd Continental Congress
• -organize for war
• -colonial militias, Navy, etc
• -George Washington in charge
• d. Sons of Liberty
• -Militant Colonists
• -oppose Britain at all cost
• -Minutemen
• 1st major signs of Colonial Extremism
• -People willing to die for a cause

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II. Evolution of Colonial Discontent Continued

• 4. Britain Fights Back
• a. March to Lexington Mass.
• -Arrest prominent Colonial leaders
• -John Hancock, Samuel Adams
• -Seize Colonial guns and ammunition
• -Paul Reveres words
• The British are Coming
• 1st shots of American Revolution fired
• -Lexington and Concord