1. American
Revolutionary
War
Fight for
Independence

2.  Began July 3, 1754
 Between England and France to control over land in
North America
 Cost England a lot of money
 Last 7 years
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3.  Results of the French and Indian War
 1. British territorial claims greatly expanded in America.
 2. British debt grew in an attempt to finance an ever-expanding war.
 3. Resentment towards American colonists grew in Parliament among those
who saw Americans as unwilling to financially support a war on their behalf.
 4. American colonists unified for the first time against a common enemy.
 5. Colonial militias saw themselves as volunteers or a quot;people's armyquot; in contrast
to the authoritarian and coercive British army.
 6. France's influence in development of North American dwindled mightily.
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4.  King George III of England
 No colonists able to settle
west of Appalachian
Mountains
 Indian Territory
 If colonists already lived
there, they had to move!
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5.  Parliament imposed taxes on colonists
 Tea Act
 1773 tax on tea
 Colonists reaction:
 Boycotted English tea
 Led to the Boston Tea Party
 Sugar Act
 King George needed money to pay for war between French and Native
Americans
 Made colonists pay!
 1764 taxed sugar and wine
 Colonists angry
 Boycott
 Colonists made own sugar and wine
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6.  1765 tax on anything written
on paper
 Special stamp placed to show
the purchase
 Colonists boycotted British
goods
 Tax repealed by King George
in 1766
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7.  1767 tax on glass, paint, paper, and tea
 Colonists’ reaction
 English goods boycotted
 Protests
 Secret meetings
 “No Taxation Without Representation!”
 No choices in taxes
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8.  Occurred in 1770
 Colonists calling British
soldiers names
 British soldiers reacted by
firing on the crowd
 5 people were dead
 Crispus Attucks is the 1st
African American dead
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9.  Occurred after the Tea Act
passed – reaction to the tax
on tea
 Led by Samuel Adams
 Colonists disguised as Native
Americans and boarded 3
British ships
 Colonists threw crates of tea
overboard into the Boston
Harbor
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10.  First Continental Congress created
 1774: one colonist from each of the 12 colonies would
meet in Philadelphia
 Asked King George to get rid of the taxes
 “No Taxation Without Representation!”
 Boycotted all English goods
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11. British marched to Lexington to capture Sam

Adams and John Hancock, leaders of the Sons
of Liberty.
Sons of Liberty formed to stop collection of

taxes and included Paul Revere and John
Adams as well (a.k.a. Patriots)
British marched to Concord to capture

minutemen weapons
Minutemen were volunteer

farmers, fishers, and tradesmen
Massachusetts Colony

Paul Revere road the countryside to warn the

minutemen of the British secret mission
“The British are Coming!”

Lexington “Shots Heard Around the World” –

First shot fired
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12.  Second Continental Congress created
 Met in Philadelphia to create more organized colonial
government
 George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John
Hancock, Samuel Adams, and Thomas Jefferson
 George Washington commander of Continental Army
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13.  1st major battle of American
Revolution
 Massachusetts, June 1775
 British General William
Howe defeated American
troops
 General Howe declared
anyone helping the patriots
considered to be traitors
 American troops loss battle
due to lack of ammunition
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14.  Declaration of Independence
written by Thomas Jefferson
 Congress approved the
Declaration of Independence on
July 4th, 1776
 Document sent to King George
III
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15.  October 1777
 British General Burgoyne
forced to surrender at
Saratoga
 Turning point in war as result
of Burgoyne’s defeat
 France provided support to
Americans to help them win
the war
 Money, supplies, and
ammunition
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17.  1778 Virginia
 French and Americans
defeated General Cornwallis
together
 British realized defeat and
retreated
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18.  May 10, 1775
 Controlled by 22 British soldiers
 Green Mountain Boys: Led by
Ethan Allen and Benedict
Arnold who took over the fort
 Ammunition and gun powder
taken over
 Belief that patriots will win
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19.  July 1776
 General Howe wanted to use
New York as a military base
 General George Washington
wanted to control New York as
well
 British had more
soldiers, Washington retreated
from Long Island
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20.  New York Harbor, September
1776 the first attack on a
submarine
 “Turtle” invented by David
Bushnell
 Targeted British Eagle
Flagship
 Gunpowder suppose to be
placed on British ship, but
failed
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21.  June 1777, the first American flag
was created
 Betsy Ross sewed this flag to
boost the confidence of
Washington’s soldiers
 Belief that if the soldiers saw
this flag that represents
them, they will know what
their freedom will look like
and continue fighting for it.
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22.  September 3, 1783
 Ben Franklin and Sam Adams
went to sign agreement with
King George III to end the
American Revolutionary War
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23.  13 colonies became 13 states
 Each state was independent and free
 Own money system
 Different laws created
 Each state more powerful than central government
 Articles of Confederation failed
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24.  Constitutional Convention
 1787 in Philadelphia
 1 Representative from each
stated except Rhode Island
 Purpose of convention: to
create a central government
for the 13 independent states
 12 Representatives wrote
Constitution in 3 months
 July 2nd, 1790 Constitution
was adopted
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