The American Revolution

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The American Revolution
Doug, Rob, Sanjeev, Paul, Nick, and Connor
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Causes

• The Seven Years War-French and Indian War
• Large British Debt
• High Taxes to pay debt
• Colonies used to be loyal
• Want representation
• Dislike a foreign kings orders

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Acts of Taxation

• Sugar Act- tax molasses
• Stamp Act- Tax Papers
• Tea Act- Tax Tea
• Quartering Act- Housing and accommodations for
  British troops
• Townshend Act-miscellaneous goods taxed
• Tensions rise and lead to dissent among colonist

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Before the War

• Boston Tea Party- Colonist dump Tea in the Boston
  Harbor
• Lexington- militia attacks British troops
• Boston Massacre- British kill colonist
• Concord-fight at a bridge
• New York-topple King Georges Statue for bullets
• July 4, 1776- Declaration Independence
• War Declared

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War

• Various battles between militias and British
  troops
• Colonist use guerilla tactics while British fight
  in formation
• British resources quickly drain
• Surrender to Washington and the French in
  Yorktown
• Peace of Paris makes the US an officially nation

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Major Battles

• Yorktown-End of the war
• Ticonderoga-Early on in the War
• Lexington and Concord-Started the War
• Battle of Bunker Hill-British beat the US
• Manhattan- Washington narrowly escapes defeat to
  fight
• Saratoga-Gained the French as allies
• Valley Forge-Washington suffers trough a
  difficult winter

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Leaders

• George Washington- General of the Northern
  Continental Army, First President, Defeats the
  British at Yorktown
• Thomas Jefferson- composes the Declaration
• Benjamin Franklin- revolutionary leader, advisor
  and overseer of state processes, Peace of Paris
• Thomas Paine- wrote Common Sense, reflects
  Enlightenment ideas
• John Adams- 2nd president, revolutionary leader,
  signed the Declaration, signed Peace of Paris
• John Hancock- preliminary Declaration signer

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More Leaders

• Samuel Adams- Sons of Liberty, revolutionary
  party that organized the protest
• Continental Congress- Assembly of middle class,
  revolutionary leaders, organizes the Declaration
  of Independence and other activities

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Timeline

• 1754-1763- French and Indian War
• 1760s- British extort resources from the
  colonies
• 1764-Sugar Act
• 1765-Stamp Act
• 1767-Townshend Act
• 1773- Tea Act
• 1773-Boston Tea Party
• 1774- Continental Congress Formed, organizes
  revolutionary events
• 1775- Fight at Lexington
• July 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence
  released, separate from Great Britain
• 1780- British resources are drained
• 1781- British surrender at Yorktown to the
  Americans and the French
• 1783- Peace of Paris signed

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Outcome

• Peace of Paris makes the US a nation
• British accept their defeat
• A second revolution followed
• Lower classes want rights and revolt
• Balance of state power and influence a problem
• Small violent rebellions
• Constitution replaces the Articles of
  Confederation

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