1. Division in America Patriots Loyalists Rebels, Minutemen
Largest area: Boston, MA
Key Figures:
George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
Samuel Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Patrick Henry
Tories, Redcoats
Largest area: Charleston, SC
Key Figures:
King George III

2. Advantages and Disadvantages
Colonial Advantages:
Outstanding Leadership
Defensive
Self-Sustaining
Morality

3. Advantages and Disadvantages
Colonial Disadvantages:
Organization
Lack of Unity
Sectionalism
Economics

4. Advantages and Disadvantages
British Advantages:
Population
Money
Navy
Soldiers- professional, hired, and Loyalists

5. Advantages and Disadvantages
British Disadvantages:
Ireland
France
Internal political debates
Generals
Distance

6. A Quick Timeline Review
: French and Indian War
1763: Pontiac’s Rebellion
1763: Proclamation of 1763
1765: Stamp Act
1767: Townshend Acts
John Dickinson, James Otis, and Samuel Adams forcefully protest
1770: Boston Massacre
1770: End of the Townshend Acts

7. A Quick Timeline Review
1773: Boston Tea Party
1774: Intolerable Acts
: Enlightenment begins to take hold in the colonies
Writers like John Locke
1774: First Continental Congress
1775: Declaration of Rights and Grievances

8. A Quick Timeline Review
1775: Lexington and Concord
Minutemen (colonial militias) vs. Redcoats (British)
1775: Battle of Bunker Hill
1775: Second Continental Congress
1776: Publishing of Common Sense
1776: Richard Henry Lee urges colonists to declare independence
1776: Signing of the Declaration of Independence

9. Early Problems for America
Epitomized at Valley Forge
Disease
Lack of Supplies
Disorganized
Help starts to come
Washington
Lafayette
Von Steuben

10. Battle of Trenton
December, 1776

11. Battle of Saratoga
September, 1777

12. Why did the French want to help?
Britain’s enemy for generations
What the colonies represented
The colonies could win?!?

13. Battle of Yorktown
October, 1781

14. To Recap: Key People: Key Battles: George Washington
Marquis de Lafayette
Baron von Steuben
Benedict Arnold
Lord Cornwallis
Key Battles:
Battle of Trenton
Battle of Saratoga
Battle of Yorktown

15. Treaty of Paris, 1783 Official end of the American Revolution
Generous terms given to the Americans
Trying to end French alliance
America got all the land up to the Mississippi River

16. Independence: Now what?!?
America needs a government
Created a confederation
Power is in the STATE governments
National government exists for protection

19. Even with the weaknesses, there was some success…
Western Land Cession
Northwest Ordinance of 1787

20. It all comes to the surface
Shay’s Rebellion
Problem: farmers angry about taxes
Bigger problem: America is vulnerable to foreign attack!
Led to: Annapolis Convention and Constitutional Convention

22. Before anything could happen…
Washington named “President” of the convention
Madison takes notes
Known as the “Father of the Constitution”
The Three Compromises
Great Compromise
3/5 Compromise
Slave Trade Compromise

28. Discussion Questions
What are some events that led to the American Revolution?
What do you think were some of the most important advantages of the Americans?
Why do you think the Americans were able to win?
Do you think the Articles of Confederation was a good government?
Do you think the Constitution fixed the problems in America or just created more?