1. Beginnings of the American Revolution

3. Rivalry between the British and the French This rivalry led to the French and Indian War French were driven out of Canada and territories west of the Appalachian Mountains

4. British actions following the war that angered the colonists:

5. Proclamation of 1763 Prohibited settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains This region was too costly for the British to defend American colonists had fought a war with France to open this area for settlement

8. Road to Revolution 1765-74

9. New taxes placed on colonists Taxes to pay for the war and to defend the colonists Stamp Act – tax on legal documents and publications Tea and sugar taxes

10. Resistance to British rule Boston Tea Party First Continental Congress called – all but Georgia there; first time most of the colonies act in unity

11. Boston Massacre – British troops fired on anti-British demonstrators Battle of Lexington and Concord – war began when “Minutemen” confronted British troops

12. The Boston Massacre

13. Boston Tea Party and Intolerable Acts

14. Lexington and Concord

16. March Back to Boston

17. Battle of Bunker Hill

19. Three camps of colonists Patriots Loyalists Neutrals

20. Patriots Believed in complete independence from England Inspired by the ideas of Locke and Paine and the words of Patrick Henry Provided the troops for the Continental Army

21. Loyalists (Tories) Remained loyal to Britain because of cultural and economic ties Believed that taxation was justified

22. Neutrals Those who tried to stay as uninvolved as possible

23. Military Victories

24. Saratoga Proved to the French that the American could win the war. As a result, the French became more involved on the side of the Americans.

26. Yorktown British general Cornwallis surrendered his army ending the hostilities.