Unit 3 American Revolution

Section 1 – Road to Revolution

Jeffrey Amherst

Pontiac

Fort Detroit

Pontiac’s War

Proclamation of 1763 control angered

No taxation without representation! Section 1 – Road to Revolution

Sons of Liberty

Section 1 – Road to Revolution boycott repealed

Charles Townshend

Section 1 – Road to Revolution writs of assistance tea

Samuel Adams

Section 1 – Road to Revolution printers

George WashingtonPatrick Henry

Crispus Attucks

Section 1 – Road to Revolution Boston Massacre

John Adams

England’s King George III

Section 1 – Road to Revolution Tea Act monopoly smugglers boycott

Samuel Adams John Hancock

Section 1 – Road to Revolution Boston Tea Party (December 16, 1773) control rights

Section 1 – Road to Revolution Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts) shut down the port of Boston Quartering Act

Amendment 1 –Freedoms of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition Protects 5 basic rights Added because of Intolerable Acts passed by England for the colonies

Amendment 3 –Lodging Troops in Private Homes Limits the government’s right to use private homes to house soldiers – must have consent of the owner Added because of Quartering Acts passed by England for the colonies

Section 1 – Road to Revolution Quebec Act

Section 1 – Road to Revolution Philadelphia First Continental Congress stop exporting militia minutemen

Thomas Gage

Paul Revere

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow “Now listen my children and you shall hear of the midnight ride of Paul Revere.”

John Parker Statue in Lexington Lexington skirmish

Concord battleground

Section 1 – Road to Revolution sharpshooters

Ralph Waldo Emerson “The shot heard round the world.”

Section 2 – The American Revolution

Patrick Henry “Give me liberty or give me death.”

American Revolution began on April 19, 1775 at Lexington and Concord 1775EnglandColonies Weapons & supplies Had all they neededNext to none ArmiesBiggest in worldNext to none NavyLargest in worldNone MoneyRichest in world (biggest country) Next to nothing Biggest advantage Americans had: fighting on their own soil, they knew the terrain.

Green Mountain Boys led by Ethan Allen

Section 2 – The American Revolution Fort Ticonderoga (first big battle of the American Revolution) cannon Canada

Section 2 – The American Revolution Second Continental Congress Olive Branch Petition Continental Army George Washington

Battle of Bunker Hill (Breed’s Hill)

Colonel British General William Prescott William Howe

Section 2 – The American Revolution “Don’t shoot until you see the whites of their eyes!” Battle of Bunker Hill (Breed’s Hill)

Section 2 – The American Revolution gunpowder moral

Battle of Bunker Hill (Breed’s Hill)

Section 2 – The American Revolution mistrusted loyalty

Section 2 – The American Revolution blockade Quebec

Richard Montgomery Benedict Arnold

Section 2 – The American Revolution hunger and disease

Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense

Section 2 – The American Revolution independence traitors

John Adams Benjamin Franklin Robert Livingston Roger Sherman

Thomas Jefferson “Father” of the Declaration of Independence

John Hancock

Declaration of Independence 3 main parts 1. Basic rights –governments –duty 2. British wrongs 3. An independent nation –United States of America

Declaration of Independence United States of America ties with Britain were cut free alliances and trade

Section 2 – The American Revolution divided Patriots –People who wanted colonists to win the revolution Loyalists –People who wanted England to win the revolution

Section 2 – The American Revolution fled lost

Section 2 – The American Revolution middle states worst Battle of Long Island

Section 2 – The American Revolution Nathan Hale captured death

Nathan Hale “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.”

Thomas Paine wrote The Crisis

Battle of Trenton

Washington Crossing the Delaware River

British General Charles Cornwallis

Princeton

Section 2 – The American Revolution strategy stop the flow of soldiers and supplies

________

Valley Forge

“Gentleman Johnny” Burgoyne

Section 2 – The American Revolution wives and children

_____ Battle of Saratoga Oct. 17, 1777

Section 2 – The American Revolution France

Benjamin Franklin Sent by Continental Congress to Paris in 1776 His mission: To persuade French King Louis XVI to help the Americans

Wanted help from France –Weapons –Supplies Wanted France to declare war on Britain –France had a strong navy Continental Congress

France Still angry with Britain over defeat in French and Indian War King did not want to openly help Americans unless they could win Victory at Saratoga convinced France to become an ally of the U.S.

France February 1778, France became first nation to sign a treaty with U.S. –Recognized U.S. as a nation –Agreed to provide military aid

European Help France declared war on England Spain declared war on England Holland declared war on England

Marquis de Lafayette

Thaddeus Kosciusko

Casimir Pulaski

Bernardo de Galvez

Friedrich von Steuben

Valley Forge

Section 2 – The American Revolution disease and frostbite

Martha Washington

Section 2 – The American Revolution Appalachian Mountains Lexington Louisville

George Rogers Clark

Section 2 – The American Revolution Kaskaskia Cahokia

Section 2 – The American Revolution blockaded

John Paul Jones - Father of U.S. Navy Bonhomme Richard vs. English warship Serapis

John Paul Jones “I have not yet begun to fight!” Bonhomme Richard

South Charleston –worst American defeat ______

Benedict Arnold

West Point

Francis Marion – the Swamp Fox

Nathanael Greene

Guilford Courthouse –bloody ______

______ Virginia

British General Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown Oct. 17, 1781

Section 2 – The American Revolution France helped Americans win

John Adams Benjamin Franklin John Jay Henry Laurens

Treaty of Paris Britain recognized U.S. as independent nation U.S. borders extended from Atlantic Ocean to Mississippi River Florida was returned to Spain Americans agreed to ask state legislatures to pay Loyalists for property they lost during the war

Section 2 – The American Revolution April 15, 1783 Congress ratified Treaty of Paris

Section 2 – The American Revolution farewell hero

American Revolution – Causes & Effects CAUSES 1. Proclamation of 1763 stops colonists from moving west. 2. Parliament taxes the colonies to pay British war debts. 3. Intolerable Acts set up harsh rule in Massachusetts. EFFECTS 1. Colonies declare independence. 2. Britain recognizes U.S. independence. 3. U.S. borders extend to Florida and to Mississippi River. 4. George Washington emerges as a leader.