1. The American Revolution
Oh, say, can you see?

2. Timeline 1754- French & Indian War begins
1765- Stamp Act passes, enraging colonists
1770- Boston Massacre
1773- Boston Tea Party
1774- Intolerable Acts
1775- First shots fired at Lexington & Concord
1776- Common Sense published
1776- Declaration of Independence
1781- Cornwallis surrenders for Britain, ending the war
1783- Treaty of Paris signed, officially ending the war & recognizing the independence of the US

3. French & Indian War Between France & Great Britain
Over land in the colonies
Britain won; French power in North America ended
Treaty of Paris

4. Stamp Act
Required stamps to be placed on most printed materials including newspapers, wills, mortgages, deeds, licenses, diplomas, dice, and playing cards
First direct tax Britain had placed on the colonists
Colonists rebelled & it hurt Britain’s economy
Britain passed the Declaratory Act, which gave them the power to make laws for the colonies

5. Boston Massacre A British soldier was guarding a warehouse
Colonists were rioting over their dislike of British taxes & policies
Colonists were throwing snowballs at the soldier
Shot were fired, several people were killed

6. Boston Tea Party British ships arrived in Boston Harbor
150 intoxicated British soldiers dressed as Indians and dumped the tea into the harbor as thousands of people ashore cheered

7. Intolerable Acts aka Coercive Acts
Meant to punish Massachusetts and end colonial rebellion to British authority
1st- shut down Boston’s port until the city paid for the tea they destroyed
2nd- required all public officials to be appointed by governor rather than elected
3rd- allowed the governor to transfer trials of British soldiers & officials to England to protect them from American juries

8. First Continental Congress (a meeting)
Delegates from 12/13 colonies met to discuss persecution by England
They responded with the Declaration of Rights and Grievances- expressed loyalty to the king but condemned the Coercive Acts
Planned to hold a 2nd Continental Congress if the problem wasn’t resolved
Where Patrick Henry stated his famous quote “________________”

9. The Revolution Begins
Minutemen
Loyalists/Tories
Patriots/Whigs

10. Battles Battles Winner Importance Other Info Lexington British
First battle
“Shot heard ‘round the world;” Revere & Dawes warned colonists
Concord
Colonists
First colonial victory
Revere & Dawes were stopped, Samuel Prescott went on to warn the people
Bunker Hill
Stalemate/Colonists
Built colonial confidence
1000 British casualties
Valley Forge
Not really a battle
Washington was able to train his army
Food shortages killed 2500 men
Saratoga
Turning point for colonists
France decided to help colonists
Kings Mountain
Turning point for the South
Southern farmers organized their own troops
Yorktown
Last battle
Cornwallis surrendered

11. Ta-dah! The End! (of the war)
Common Sense by Thomas Paine
Britain’s General Cornwallis surrendered to Colonial General George Washington at the Battle of Yorktown
Treaty of Paris 1783-
Britain recognized the US as a new nation with the Mississippi River as its western border
Britain gave Florida back to Spain
Britain had taken Caribbean colonies from France years earlier; they returned them

12. After the War…How did things Change?
A republic was established
New state constitutions, including a list of rights
Voting rights expanded
Freedom of religion
Women’s rights expanded
Differing opinions on slavery, emancipation, and manumission
Loyalists fled- to places like Britain, British Caribbean Isles, and what is now known as parts of Canada
A new culture- art & education