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Today’s Standard SSUSH4 - Identify the ideological, military, and diplomatic aspects of the American Revolution.

The American Revolution Also featuring The Declaration of Independence 1775 - 1776

A Brief Review of Britain vs. The Colonies The French-Indian War – huge debt for Britain The Proclamation of 1763 – Colonists can’t go westward The Stamp Act (1765) The Boston Massacre (1770) The Tea Act (1773) The Intolerable Acts (1774) Boston under martial law Common Sense – The move to Independence

The Proclamation of 1763

The Revolution Starts 1) Revolution is in the air after Thomas Paine’s Common Sense takes off 1st Continental Congress- the colonies have representatives meeting 2) Minutemen in Concord Mass.; civilian soldiers begin to stockpile weapons in case of an armed conflict with Britain Martial law prohibits this Then Britain finds out…

The 1st Continental Congress

“The shot heard ‘round the world…” British troops are marching towards Concord, Massachusetts 3) Paul Revere rides ahead of them… “The British (regulars) are coming!”…this prepares the militia (minutemen) The minutemen, who outnumber the British troops try to stop the British from getting to Concord 4) The first shots are fired at Lexington, Mass. then at Concord, Mass. The American Revolution has begun!

Map of the British Route to Concord

The Revolution Begins… 1) Thomas Jefferson A Virginia lawyer He’s chosen to write the The Declaration of Independence 2) Jefferson borrowed heavily from John Locke Enlightenment Natural Rights 3) Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness It was ratified July 4th, 1776

Thomas Jefferson

The American Revolution 1) The 2nd Continental Congress – Remain loyal to Britain or fight a war? Not everyone wanted to fight 2) Loyalists AKA Tories – wanted to stay loyal to Britain 3) Patriots – wanted independence At the 2nd CC, the minutemen became the Continental Army 4) George Washington would command them The Continental army was a mess, though 5) They were ill-prepared, ill-equipped, and untrained against the superior British force

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