1. The American Revolution

2. Thirteen Colonies

3. Trade and Navigation Acts Goods on English or colonist built ships Owners & crew needed to be English or American Products to England first Colonies produce only certain products Enumerated articles-articles that England needed but could not produce: sugar, tobacco, furs, cotton, indigo

4. Other Acts that Led to War Sugar Act 1764 – tax on molasses 1765 Stamp Act – newspapers, wills, letters

5. Committees of Correspondence 1772 Designed to keep the flow of information continuous throughout the colonies

6. The Stamp Act Congress 1765 Representatives from nine of the colonies met and issued their opposition to taxation This affected British merchants and workers.

7. Quartering Act Colonists are required to provide funds, living quarters (housing) and supplies to the British Troops stationed there

8. Townshend Acts 1767 Duties (taxes) on paint, tea, glass, lead Led to the use of the writs of assistance These writs were challenged in court but found to be legal

9. The Boston Massacre 1770 Between British soldiers and colonists in Boston Interpretation Repeal of the Townshend Act

10. In the end 5 dead, 6 wounded British soldiers defended by John Adams http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/proj ects/ftrials/bostonmassacre/bostonm assacre.htmlhttp://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/proj ects/ftrials/bostonmassacre/bostonm assacre.html Two convicted of manslaughter Propaganda

12. Declaratory Act March 1776 Asserts that Parliament makes all decisions for the colonies

13. Virginia Declaration of Rights Virginia’s governing body, the Virginia House of Burgesses passed this resolution that only they could tax Virginians, not the king.

14. Sons & Daughters of Liberty Encouraged boycotts Spun their own cloth so as not to buy British cloth

15. Boston Tea Party Tea Act of 1773 – Colonists in Boston refuse to allow ships to unload Overnight, dressed as Native Americans, they dump 342 chests of Tea into Boston Harbor

16. Intolerable Acts - 1774 King and Parliaments response to Boston Tea Party Port closed until colonists paid for destroyed tea ($75,000) Deprived of right to elect officials

17. Intolerable Acts Con’t British soldiers tried in England Another Quartering Act

18. First Continental Congress 1774 Declaration of Rights and Grievances Agreed to not use English goods until Intolerable Acts were repealed Agreed to meet again

19. First Shot Paul Revere’s Ride Battle at Lexington April 19, 1775

20. Second Continental Congress May 1775, John Hancock President Established a Continental Army

21. 2 nd Continental Congress Appointed George Washington as commander-in-chief Asked colonies to raise troops & money

22. Thomas Paine Wrote Common Sense Ridiculed the British monarchy Told Americans to sever ties with Great Britain Thousands were swayed by his pamphlet

23. The Declaration of Independence July, 1776 – The Second Continental Congress Authored by Thomas Jefferson with Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Roger Sherman, and Robert Livingston Thomas Paine

24. Democratic Government Political power in a democracy comes from the people and is for the benefit of all. The signers of the Declaration of Independence would be considered traitors by the English. If they lost the war they would face death for their treason.

25. Major Battles Long Island – NY – British – Divided colonies, Long Island was a major water port Trenton & Princeton – NJ – Continental Army Battle of Saratoga – NY – Continental Army – Major victory, encouraged French to join on side of colonists

26. Major Battles Moores Creek/Guilfort Courthouse – British – Numerous losses on both sides Yorktown – With help of French fleet able to surround British Surrender at Yorktown, Virginia October 6, 1781

27. Help from other nations French – sent gunpowder, artillery, weapons, soldiers, ships and recognized colonial independence Spanish – fought in FL & MS

28. People James Middleton – African American officer in Continental Army for a regiment in MA George Rogers Clark – led battles for the C. A. in West Nathaniel Green – Fought in Carolinas Marquis de Lafayette – aide to Washington

29. Friedrich von Steuben – Drilled soldiers at Valley Forge from Prussia Molly Pitcher – Mary Hayes assisted on battlefield in Battle of Monmouth, NJ Charles Cornwallis – British commander that surrendered at Yorktown

30. The Treaty of Paris 1783

31. Post American Revolution Articles of Confederation The Constitution The Bill of Rights

32. 1. Bunker Hill2. Rhode Island3.Massachus etts 4. Boston Massacre 5. Saratoga6. Non importation 7. Smuggle8.Coercive Act 9. Thomas Jefferson 10. John Hancock 11. Benjamin Franklin 12.Boycott 13.Repeal14.Guerilla15. Thomas Paine 16. Stamp Act 17. Tea Act18. Ticonderoga19. Valley Forge20. Samuel Adams 21. Sugar Act22. Marquis de Lafayette 23. Ethan Allen24. Benedict Arnold

33. 1. Crispus Attucks 2. Rhode Island3.Massachusetts4. Lexington 5.Custons duty6. Non importation 7. Writ of assistance 8.John Locke 9. Sons of Liberty 10. John Hancock 11. Benjamin Franklin 12.Letter of Marque 13.Repeal14.Guerilla15. George Washington 16. Trenton 17. George III18. Charles I19. Natural Rights 20. Samuel Adams 21. Enlightenment 22. Marquis de Lafayette 23. Robert Morris 24. Declaration of Independence

34. 1.Impel2.Usurpation3.Preamble4.Abdicated 5.Annihilation6.Insurrection s 7.Consanguini ty 8. Naturalization of Foreigners 9.Perfidy10.Quartering11. Render12. Petition for Redress 13. Unwarrantable Jurisdiction 14.Rectitude15.Despotism16. Convulsions 17.Tenure18.Inestimable19.Relinquish20.Endowed 21. Samuel Adams 22. John Adams23. James Otis24. Paul Revere