the american revolution

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

Joey ZurawskyjEDU 290

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• War Between France and England

• England wanted to expand their land

• England wins war• Treaty of Peace

signed November 1763

• England has major control in America

FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR(1754-1763)

• War amassed huge debt

• Tax on all public documents

• Parliament’s first attempt to control colonies

• Colonists outraged by parliament

STAMP ACT(MARCH 22, 1765)

• Tax on glass, paint , paper, tea

• Response to hostilities of Stamp Act

• Colonists acted out • Boycotted British

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TOWNSHEND ACTS(JUNE 29,1767)

• Unwelcome British Troops in Boston

• Fifty colonists attacked British Troops

• Soldiers fired into the mob

• Royal Governor evacuates British troops

BOSTON MASSACRE(MARCH 5, 1770)

• Colonists angered by tax on tea

• British sold tea at bargain price

• Supposed to encourage tax payment

• Colonists outraged and seized British ships

• Tossed tea into harbor

BOSTON TEA PARTY(DECEMBER 16, 1773)

• King of England during American Revolution

• Angered by colonists for Tea Party

• Passes Intolerable Acts

• Limits colonists freedoms

KING GEORGE III(1738-1820)

• First military engagement of American Revolution

• British troops destroy militia supplies

• Militia were outnumbered and fell back

• Open battle of American Revolution

LEXINGTON & CONCORD(APRIL 19TH, 1775)

• First congress convened to voice grievances

• Second congress established continental army

• Appointed George Washington as supreme commander

• Intention not to break from Britain

SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS

• British drive colonists from Breeds Hill

• Many British soldiers killed or wounded

• Showed colonists could compete with Britain

BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL(JUNE 16, 1775)

• Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia

• Thomas Jefferson drafts a declaration

• Congress revises Declaration of Independence

• Declaration of Independence is signed

DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE(JULY 4TH, 1776)

• Continental army crosses the Delaware River

• Attacked and defeated Hessian troops

• Saved Washington’s army from defeat

• Major victory for continental army

CROSSING THE DELAWARE(DECEMBER 25TH, 1776)

• Continental army camps at Valley Forge

• Soldiers were cold and starving

• Many died• By summer soldiers

become more disciplined

• Stronger army emerges

VALLEY FORGE(DECEMBER 1777-JUNE 1778)

• U.S. pleads to king of France

• Treaty signed between France and U.S.

• France promises to aid United States

• Brought hope and joy to army

FRENCH ALLIANCE

• Washington traps British General Cornwallis

• French and American troops bombard British

• Cornwallis officially surrenders

• War of Independence ends

VICTORY AT YORKTOWN(OCTOBER 19, 1781)

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