U.S. History

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U.S. History

• War For Independence
• Chapter 4

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Taxation without . .

• Most people in England could NOT vote.
• England needs money after the Seven Years War.
• Sugar Act 1764 Punished Smugglers
• Stamp Act 1765 Raise money for defense
• Townshend Acts 1767 Indirect tax
• Intolerable Acts 1774 Response to party
• Port, Ma. Gov., Courts moved, Quartering
• Effect- 1st Continental Congress

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Sons of Liberty

• Leader - Samuel Adams
• Simple Man, Plain Clothes
• Politics not Business
• Ran fathers Brewery into Bankruptcy
• Action Group
• Would tar and feather Tax Collectors
• Hard to recruit new workers
• Reflected the feelings of the Colonists

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Steps to Revolution

• Boston Massacre 1771
• Boston Tea Party 1773
• The Shot Heard Around the World
• April 19, 1775
• Common Sense Thomas Paine, 1776
• The Blood of the Slain, The weeping voice of
  nature cries, tis time to part.
• 150,000 Copies in 3 months

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Steps to Revolution 2

• Declaration of Independence
• July 4th 1776
• Mainly written by Thomas Jefferson
• Influenced by John Locke

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First Battle

• Bunker Hill (Breeds Hill)
• 1775 June 17th
• American had the high ground.
• On the third frontal assault the Americans ran
  out of ammunition and used rocks before the
  retreat was sounded.
• Death Toll
• Americans 400
• English 1050
• Causes the split Patriots or Loyalists

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George Washington

• General during French and Indian War
• Imposing Man
• Tall Man, 62 while average height was closer
  to 54
• Man of the people
• Expert Motivator
• Lived to fight another day

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Europe Chimes in . .

• German / Prussian Switch
• Hessians fight as Mercenaries for Eng.
• Most abandon ranks to live as free men.
• Fredrich Von Steuben Drill Sargent
• French Revenge
• Dont trust Americans but Hate English.
• Rest of World
• Resents English power and sends financial aid to
  America

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Wars Over

• Yorktown Oct. 19, 1781
• Cornwallis Mistake
• Month long siege leads to white flag
• look what Liberty can do
• Treaty of Paris - Sept., 1783
• Set Boundaries
• Atlantic Ocean to Mississippi River