The American Revolution

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The American Revolution

• Does England Rule?
• Have the colonists had enough?
• What were the causes of the American Revolution?
• Find out!

• SOL USI.6
• Mrs. Stephens
• Social Studies

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England Rules!!

• England was expanding control over the American
  Colonies
• Many colonists became dissatisfied and rebellious

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What were Englands reasons for control?

• England desired to remain a world power
• England imposed taxes to raise revenue (money)
• Stamp Act

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What is the Stamp Act?

• Colonists must buy stamps for all printed
  material
• When 1765
• Why? To pay for the cost of the French and Indian
  War

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The Stamp Act

• Colonists threatened to tar and feather stamp
  commissioners

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What were Englands reasons for taxation?

• To help finance the French and Indian War
• To help with the maintaining of English troops in
  the colonies

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What was the Quartering Act?

• British soldiers must be given food and housing
  in the colonies.
• When 1765
• Would you want to give food and housing to
  strangers?

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Finally the colonies had enough!

• They did not want to be taxed without having
  anything to say about it!
• They did not have representation in Parliament.

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Colonists were dissatisfied!

• They resented power of colonial governors!
• They did not like Englands strict control over
  colonial legislatures!

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The colonists were dissatisfied!

• They did not want to pay taxes!
• Taxes angered them.
• They said Parliament could not tax them because
  they did not have representation!

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What is the Proclamation of 1763?

• A law that said the colonists could not settle
  the Ohio Valley
• They fought the FI war to win the Ohio Valley
• Colonists found this unfair (some wanted to move
  west)

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Why did the King issue the Proclamation of 1763?

• He thought it would be too expensive to protect
  the colonists in the Ohio Valley.
• 2000 settlers had already died there.

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New Ideas!

• New political ideas led to a desire for
  independence and democratic government in the
  American colonies

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John Locke

• One of the great thinkers of the Enlightenment
  period
• The great thinkers wrote ideas about Government

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Ideas of John Locke

• People have natural rights to life, liberty, and
  property.
• Government is created to protect the rights of
  people and has only the limited and specific
  powers the people consent to give it.

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The colonists wanted independence!

• The Declaration of Independence proclaimed
  independence from England.
• It stated that people have natural (inherent)
  rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of
  happiness.

independence
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The Declaration of Independence

• The Colonists wanted independence from England.

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Declaration of Independence

• June 1776
• Thomas Jefferson did most of the writing
• He used some ideas from John Locke
• The 13 colonies wanted to be free and
  independent states

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What are the key philosophies in the D.O.I.?

• People have certain unalienable rights of life,
  liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
• People establish government ot protect those
  rights

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What are the key philosophies in the D.O.I.?

• Government derives power from the people.
• People have a right and duty to change a
  government that violates their rights!

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Quick Quiz US1.6a-b

• Ready, Set, Go!

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What did England want to remain?

• A World Power!

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What is the Stamp Act?

• A tax on printed Material

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Why did England tax the colonies with the Stamp
Act?

• To finance the French and Indian War

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Why did England pass the Quartering Act?

• To help maintain English troops in the colonies.

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What did the colonists want in Parliament?

• Representation!

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Who had the idea of Life, Liberty, and Property?

• John Locke

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What is an unalienable right?

• A right that cannot be taken away!

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Thomas Jefferson wrote Life, Liberty and_________?

• The pursuit of happiness!

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Where did Thomas Jefferson believe the government
derives power from?

• The People

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If the government violates peoples rights, what
does Thomas Jefferson believe that people have a
right and duty to do?

• Change the government

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What was the name of the document that proclaimed
the 13 colonies independent from England?

• The Declaration of Independence

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The American Revolution

• Mrs. Stephens
• SOL USI.6c-d

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Key Individuals of the Revolutionary period

• Many individuals played important roles in
  shaping events of the American Revolution!

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Key Individuals of the Revolutionary War

• What role did key individuals play in the
  Revolutionary War?

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King George III (the king who lost America)

• He was the British King during the Revolutionary
  Era.

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Lord Cornwallis (the other man who lost America)

• He was a British General who surrendered at
  Yorktown.

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John Adams

• He championed the cause of independence

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George Washington

• He was commander of the Continental Army

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Thomas Jefferson

• Major author of the Declaration of Independence

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Patrick Henry

• Outspoken member of the House of Burgesses
• Inspired colonial patriotism with Give me
  liberty or give me Death speech

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Benjamin Franklin

• Member of Continental Congress
• Helped frame the Declaration of Independence

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Thomas Paine

• Journalist
• Author of Common Sense
• Convinced people they should live free from
  England.

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Phyllis Wheatley

• A former slave
• Wrote poems and plays supporting American
  independence

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Paul Revere

• Patriot who made a daring ride to warn colonists
  of British arrival
• The British are coming!

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Key Events during the Revolutionary War Period

• What were some of the Key Events during the
  Revolutionary War Period?

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Boston Massacre

• Colonists in Boston were shot after taunting
  British Soldiers

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Boston Tea Party

• Samuel Adams and Paul Revere led the patriots
• They threw tea into Boston Harbor to protest tea
  taxes.

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First Continental Congress

• Delegates from all colonies met
• To discuss problems with England
• To Promote independence

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Battle of Lexington and Concord

• The site of the first armed conflict of the
  Revolutionary War

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Approval of the Declaration of Independence

• Colonies declared independence from England
• July 4, 1776

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Battle of Saratoga

• American victory
• Turning point in the war

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Surrender at Yorktown

• The colonial victory over forces of Lord
  Cornwallis
• Marked the end of the Revolutionary War

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Signing of the Treaty of Paris

• England recognized American Independence

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How did the colonists defeat England?

• What advantages helped the American colonists
  with the Revolutionary war?

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Colonial Advantage 1

• Defense of their own land, principles, and
  beliefs!
• Home team advantage!

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Colonial Advantage 2

• Help from friends!
• Colonists had help from France and Spain
• They didnt like England either!

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Colonial Advantage 3

• Strong Leadership

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Quick Quiz US1.6c-d

• Ready, Set, Go!

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Who was the British during the Revolutionary era?

• George III

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Who was commander of the Continental Army?

• George Washington

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Who said Give me liberty or give me death?

• Patrick Henry

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Who wrote Common Sense?

• Thomas Paine

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Who was the major author of the Declaration of
Independence?

• Thomas Jefferson

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Who was a former slave that wrote plays and poems
supporting the American Revolution?

• Phyllis Wheatley

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Who said The British are coming!

• Paul Revere

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What battle was the turning point of the war?

• Battle of Saratoga

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Where did Cornwallis surrender?

• Yorktown

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Who led the Boston Tea Party?

• Samuel Adams and Paul Revere

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The treaty where England recognized American
independence?

• Treaty of Paris

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What happened at the Boston Massacre?

• Colonists were shot after taunting British
  soldiers.

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Where was the first armed conflict of the war?

• Battle of Lexington and Concord.

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What were the 3 colonial advantages during the
war?

• Defense of land, principles and beliefs
• France and Spain
• Strong Leadership

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When was the Declaration of Independence approved?

• July 4, 1776

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At what did delegates from all colonies meet to
discuss problems with England and promote
independence?

• First Continental Congress

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Good Job

• The End