Footsteps to Democracy PowerPoint Review

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Footsteps to Democracy PowerPoint Review

• Magna Carta
• Parliament
• English Bill of Rights
• Mayflower Compact
• IN YOUR SPRIAL
• 1) List each document and write a short
  description of what each document is.
• 2)Why did these events and documents begin to
  change the way people thought about government?

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Unfair Treatment

• Proclamation of 1763 prohibited colonial
  settlement west of the crest of the Appalachian
  Mountains.
• After seven years of war in the French and Indian
  war, King George thought the colonists should pay
  off Britains war debts since the war had been
  fought over colonial territory.
• Stamp Act Colonists taxed for EVERY piece of
  paper
• What other taxes and law changes occurred during
  this time?
• IN YOUR SPRIAL
• NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION!
• What does this quote mean and why does it relate
  to changes in the minds of the people about
  government power?

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Thomas Paine and Common Sense

• IN YOUR SPRIAL
• Who is Thomas Paine
• Write at least two important details from his
  piece Common Sense
• How did Common Sense reflect the ideas that were
  beginning to grow among the colonists?

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Divided Loyalties

• Patriots- people supportive of independence
• Loyalists- people remaining loyal to Britain

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Congress Breaks From Britain

• The second Continental Congress Declaration of
  Independence on July 4, 1776
• In writing and signing the Declaration, the
  colonies officially became the United States of
  America, and broke all ties with Britain.

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Declaration of Independence

• PART 1 of the Declaration focused on defining the
  Natural Rights of the colonists.

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Declaration of Independence

• PART 2 of the declaration lists the wrongs
  committed by the king.
• PART 3 of the declaration defines America as a
  country.

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Declaration of Independence
Jeffersons original version had been
revised -Jefferson accuses King George of
violating rights of Africans -Brought the issue
of slavery to the forefront. It became too
controversial to keep in the document.
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• Thomas Jefferson One of the youngest members on
  the committee responsible for the Declaration
  wrote the Declaration of Independence.

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How We Won Freedom
Chapter 7
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Colonial Forces
The colonists who would fight the British for
their freedom had a difficult task in front of
them. They were mostly untrained, small forces
of militia that would be fighting a huge Red Coat
army.
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Colonial Forces

• Strengths
• Patriotism
• Help from French
• Inspirational Leadership
• Underestimated

• Weaknesses
• Smaller Army
• Untrained
• Shortage of Supplies
• Such as money, food, weapons, clothing

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The British Forces
The British forces were well trained and
equipped. However, they were 3,000 miles from
home and without strong, consistent leadership.
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The British Forces

• Strengths
• Large, professional Army
• Experience
• Well-supplied
• Mercenaries loyalists more men

• Weaknesses
• Distance from home
• Planning news
• British citizens didnt care
• Poor leadership
• Constantly changing Plans

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The Fate of the African Americas

• By 1776 there were over half a million African
  Americans in the colonies.
• Over 5,000 Africans fought in the American
  Revolution.
• Most thought the war would end slavery in the
  colonies.

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A New Hope

• By 1777, the U.S. had a new ally. France
  entered the Revolution and brought new supplies
  of troops, ships and strategy.

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War in the South

• Many Loyalists lived in the Southern colonies.
  British troops hoped that if they marched through
  the southern region, loyalists would take up arms
  with them.
• By 1778 the plan seemed to be working. The
  British had seized Savannah, Georgia. Then they
  took Charleston, South Carolina.

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The War Continues

• In the long run, the British strategy failed.
  Small bands of loyalists attacked patriots
  savagely which angered neutral Americans.
• British troops marched through villages
  destroying things which caused growing anger
  amongst colonists.
• Many colonists responded to this by joining the
  Patriots.
• Before the end of the war minor battles took
  place in the South. Most moved north.

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Victory at Last

• The British settled in Yorktown after a tiring
  march about the country.
• It was here that the British
• became trapped
• French troops marched from the south.
• U.S. armies surrounded them in the north (led by
  Gen. Washington)
• French ships cut off access to the Chesapeake Bay
  and to Britains naval supplies.

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Making Peace

• The British surrendered in 1781
• After surrendering, Britain had no choice but to
  agree to peace talks.

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• Britain and The U.S. formed the Treaty of Paris
  which stated that
• The U.S. was officially an independent nation.
• The borders of the US
• Atlantic Ocean (E)
• Mississippi River (W)
• Spanish colony of Florida (S)

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Making Peace

• In exchange for these rights, Americans were
  required to ask state legislatures to pay back
  loyalists who had lost land during the war.
• April 15, 1783 American Congress ratified the
  Treaty of Paris

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Following the War

• General Washington retired from being a general
  to live at Mount Vernon.
• Soon after retirement Washington was needed by
  his country to face new challenges as the
  President.

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Bibliography
Davidson, James, and Pedro Castillo, and Michael
Stoff. The American Nation. Upper Saddle River,
NJ Prentice Hall Education, 2000. TCI.
History Alive The United States Through
Industrialism. Palo Alto, CA TCI, 2005. Google
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