The War for American Independence:

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Lecture 4
History 2010, United States History I

• The War for American Independence
• The Pre-revolutionary Era and
• the American Revolution

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Revolution

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Revolution

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• B. Three Major Issues ___________________________
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Conquest of Canada

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• B. William Pitt _________________________________
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• C. Quebec _______________________________________
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Conquest of Canada

• D. Treaty of Paris of 1763 ______________________
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North America in 1763
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The French and Indian War
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The Frontier

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• B. Royal Proclamation of 1763 ___________________
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• C. Indians and Frontiersmen _____________________
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The Frontier in the 1760s
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A Series of Offensive Acts

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• B. Navigation Acts ______________________________
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• C. Proclamation Line of 1763 ____________________
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• D. Sugar and Currency Acts of 1764
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A Series of Offensive Acts

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• F. The Declaratory Act of 1766
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• G. The Townshend Acts of 1767 ___________________
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A Series of Offensive Acts

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A Series of Offensive Acts

• G. The Intolerable Acts of 1774
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Response

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• B. Colonies and Parliament ______________________
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First Continental Congress

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• C. Declaration of Resolves ______________________
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First Continental Congress

• D. Committees of Observation and Safety
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• E. Military Preparation _________________________
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First Actions of War

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• B. Second Continental Congress
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• C. Administration of the Military
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Lexington and Concord
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Why Did the Colonists Fight?

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• C. Thomas Jefferson _____________________________
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Possible Alliances

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An Unequal War

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• C. Colonial Advantages __________________________
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War for American Independence

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Battle of Bunker Hill
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War for American Independence

• D. New York Campaign ____________________________
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• E. New Jersey Campaign __________________________
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• F. 1777 _________________________________________
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War for American Independence

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War for American Independence

• J. Issues of 1778-79 ____________________________
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• K. Nathanael Greene _____________________________
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Yorktown
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War for American Independence

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• M. Treaty of Paris of 1783 ______________________
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North America in 1783