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a.k.a., Things you’ve studied 4 times before. American Revolution Review

A. Britain as Superpower British advantages: 1) Military – Royal Navy

A. Britain as Superpower (cont.) 2) Economics – Colonial trading empire. Mercantilist system. Export > Import.

A. Britain as Superpower (cont.) First of the 13 colonies: Jamestown (Virginia) – 1607 Last colony: Settlers trickled in over 150 years – Population reached 1 million. Georgia – 1732 GOLD

A. Britain as Superpower (cont.) Why a trickle and not a flood? California experience: 1848 – Gold discovered – Gold Rush – Statehood. 1880s – Population = 1 million

A. Britain as Superpower (cont.) A territory which is: Economically important (Resource rich with easy money-making opportunities) Politically important. (Great powers want to own it, control it, and decide what happens there.) =

A. Britain as Superpower (cont.) How were the colonies governed? British govt. = unitary system. Due to salutary neglect, the colonies were run by: locallyelectedassemblies.

A. Britain as Superpower (cont.) British govt.: American govt.: Central control. Local control.

B. The Seven Years’ War British v. French 1) North America (F & I War). 2) Indian subcontinent. 3) Central Europe. Winston Churchill: Seven Years’ War = “First World War”

B. The Seven Years’ War (cont.) Huge British victory. Huge war debt. Parliament put TAXES directly on the colonies for the first time.

B. The Seven Years’ War (cont.) We objected for 2 reasons: 1) “No taxation w/o representation.” 2) We rejected to the usurpation of our local decision-making power. To usurp = to take away w/o legal right.

C. Declaration of Independence Two audiences: PROPAGANDA! 1) Unconvinced colonists. 2) Potential foreign allies.

C. Declaration of Independence Based on Social Contract Theory: Free people created governments, Governments that don’t, to protect their rights. should be overthrown. Main author = Main ideas = Thomas Jefferson. John Locke.

C. Independence! (cont.) Lexington & Concord (1775) Lexington & Concord (1775) Declaration of Independence (1776)

C. Independence! (cont.) Victories at Saratoga (1777) Treaty of Alliance w/France (1778)

C. Independence! (cont.) Victory at Yorktown (1781) Treaty of Paris (1783)