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?

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

PROPAGANDA

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 __________!

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

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

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

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, “___________________________!”

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 ______________________________________________________ ___________________________

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 ________

British advantage American advantage British Disadvantage American Disadvantage

LOYALISTS / TORIES: PATRIOTS:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Washington Crossing the Delaware Dec. 1776 Washington attacks _______________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________. One of Washington’s few victories of the war. _____________ ___________________________________________ Washington Crossing the Delaware

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

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

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

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 [1780-1781]

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 ____________________________.