1. UNIT 5: AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Essential Questions:
What makes something Revolutionary?
Why don’t the strongest always win?
What is a turning point?
What makes a leader great?
When is it time to quit?
How can fear create change?

2. TREATY OF PARIS 1763 ends the _______________________________
ENGLAND WINS: ________________________
ENGLAND angry at the American colonists: WHY? 1. 2.

3. __________ ENGLAND takes action!
England demands _______________________________
HOW?
__________
IMPORTANT: Americans love being __________, they just don’t want to pay taxes directly to _______________

4. LOCKER TAX
Starting tomorrow you will have to pay $1 per day to use your locker.
Is this fair?
Why is this a bad tax?
How would you fight this tax?

5. ENGLAND PUTS A DIRECT TAX ON THE COLONISTS:
All ________ products would be _____ and receive a _______

6. HOW CAN THE COLONISTS FIGHT ENGLAND?
1. “SONS OF LIBERTY”=
PROTESTS:
BOYCOTTS =

7. 3. BOYCOTTS OR______________________________
13 COLONIES are England’s
___________________________________
If they refuse to buy British goods they put:

8. Colonial protests work: _________________________________________!!!
What lesson did the colonists learn about violence and protests???

9. SELF-TEST Why did ENGLAND raise taxes on the colonies?
How could you argue that this was a dumb move?
Who were the Sons of Liberty?
Why is a boycott a great tool for the colonists to use against their mother country?
Why was the repeal of the Stamp Act a bad move for England?

10. ENGLAND does not like losing to their colonists so they pass:
Declaring they can ____ the colonies if they choose.
Why is this Act meaningless?

11. BOSTON MASSACRE?
_________ throws snowballs and garbage at British soldiers in Boston
Mob moves toward soldiers
Soldiers ___________________
_____________________________
___________________: Free Black man killed
WAS IT A MASSACRE????????????

12. PROPAGANDA

13. MOST OF THE SOLDIERS FOUND ____________________
PROPAGANDA
The “Boston Massacre” is an example of PROPAGANDA: _____________
________________________________
Colonists call it a MASSACRE to get popular support.
The mob did _____________________
MOST OF THE SOLDIERS FOUND
____________________
One was defended by __________!

14. BOSTON TEA PARTY England sends __________ to the colonies……….
But it still has a___________
______________________
Dress like _______ and ______________________!

15. ENGLAND UPSET WITH “TEA PARTY”
England passes
______________________:
1. SHUTS _________________
2. TEA ____________________
3. MORE _________________SENT TO THE COLONIES

16. 1st Continental Congress
COLONISTS meet in _________________and promise to support ________:
_________________________
SWEAR _____________ TO THE KING!

17. THE SHOT HEARD AROUND THE WORLD
LEXINGTON and CONCORD
The Brits send soldiers to the countryside around Boston to
________________________________________________________
Paul Revere rides to the countryside to warn everyone, “___________________________!”

18. The Redcoats get to __________
Someone fires ____________________________
British march to Concord and then head back to Boston
On the road back to Boston the colonist use ______________________________________________________
___________________________

19. NO TURNING BACK! WAR! ________ The shots fired at __________________
The ___________________on the march back to __________ are the breaking points.
WORDS WILL NOT SETTLE THESE DIFFERENCES NOW IT IS
________

20. British advantage American advantage British Disadvantage
American Disadvantage

21. LOYALISTS / TORIES:
PATRIOTS:

22. British “win” the battle
Battle of Bunker Hill:
Colonists
British “win” the battle

23. LESSONS FROM BUNKER HILL
BOSTON 1775
British learn that the war will _______________
British learn that _________________ will not work against in a _________________

24. 2nd Continental Congress
2CC meets (__________________)
Meet to deal with the results of
_______________________________
GEORGE WASHINGTON chosen
________________________________

25. Why Washington????
SOUTHERNER: Shows this is ____________________________
Military Experience?: ____________________________
His GREATEST QUALITY:
PERSISTENCE:

26. British Strategy to win the war:
England wanted to split the colonies
Along the
THE GOAL:
Step 1: Capture New York City
JULY 1776

28. The Declaration of Independence
Colonies officially declare their
Southerners make sure that

29. October 1776 British leave ______________ ________________________
Battle of Valcour: Benedict Arnold builds a small fleet of ships and ________________
__________________________
Brits decide to ___________
_________________________.

31. Washington Crossing the Delaware
Dec Washington attacks _______________________
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________.
One of Washington’s few victories of the war. _____________ ___________________________________________
Washington Crossing the Delaware

32. 1777 America adopts __________
Valley Forge: Washington spends ________________in Pennsylvania
British capture ___________:

33. 1777 Saratoga: British general Burgoyne gets ________________
___________________.
He loses his entire army ______________________ to the colonists
Huge American victory________________________________________________________________

34. 1778 France forms an alliance with America
Why?
Saratoga proved that the
______________________
They ________________
Anything that hurts _______
________________________
What does America get?

35. Phase III: The Southern Strategy [1780-1781]
LATER WAR
The British shift the war __________ -_________.
The campaign is
___________________
British Army ends up in__________________
Phase III: The Southern Strategy [ ]

36. British General Cornwallis Puts his troops on the __________
______________________.
He assumes this will be safe because
____________________________.
The French let the US borrow their
__________________
And finally put their soldiers into battle.
The French blockade the
__________________________
And a combined French and American
ARMY _______________________.
General Cornwallis is forced to surrender to ____________________________.