1. What made the American Colonies Revolt?

2. French & Indian War

3. 13 Colonies Conflict Enforcement of trade laws
Station of a permanent military force

4. Proclamation line of 1763 Stabilize Western frontier
Prevent Native American rebellion
Forbade colonists from settling west of the line (Appalachian Mountains)

6. Taxed without Consent british taxes
Stamp Act (1765) – Colonial Newspapers & Legal Documents
Import Taxes (1767) – Shipments of British tea, glass, and other articles

7. Resistance to british taxes
Refusal to buy British goods
Boycotts
Mob action against tax collectors
Riots

8. British retaliation

9. Boston Massacre (1770)

10. Boston massacre (1770) British troops fired on a crowd of people
Five colonists were killed

11. Coercive acts (1774) Closed Boston to shipping
Punishment for the Boston Tea Party
Weakened the Massachusetts legislature
Nearly shut down Boston’s economy
“Intolerable Acts”

12. Battle of lexington & Concord
First shots of the American Revolution
Massachusetts
April 19, 1775 – British troops marched into Lexington and fired on a small band of armed Americans.
Concord – British were driven back by farmers

13. Revolutionary Ideology

14. Fight for Defending Rights
Reject Fighting for Independence
Common Sense – Thomas Paine

15. Common sense – Thomas paine
Arguments for
American Independence
Key Points:
Island Kingdom makes no sense
No better time than now, works while young

16. First Continental Congress (1774)
Met in Philadelphia
Petitioned the British government
Repeal its taxes
Overturn harsh measures.
*No Concessions by the British*

17. Second continental congress (1776)
Met in Philadelphia
After the clash at Lexington & Concord
After the clash at Bunker Hill
Sends the Olive Branch Petition

18. Excerpt from the Olive Branch Petition July 5 of 1775
Attached to your majesty’s person, family, and government, with all devotion that principle and affection can inspire; connected with Great Britain by the strongest ties that can unite societies, and deploring every event that tends in any degree to weaken them, we solemnly assure your majesty, that we not only most ardently desire the former harmony between her and these colonies may be restored, but that a concord may be established between them upon so firm a basis as to perpetuate its blessings, uninterrupted by any future dissensions, to succeeding generations in both countries …

19. the independence of the
July 4, 1776
Decision to declare
the independence of the
United States

21. Reasons for declaring independence
Thomas Jefferson
Reasons for declaring independence

22. The Declaration of Independence Parts
Preamble (introduction): Explains why a Declaration is needed
Statement of Rights: Describes ideas about government
A List of Grievances: Explains complaints against the King and Parliament.
Declaration of Independence

23. Drawing from John Locke
Governments must be: 1. Representative of the People 2. Limited in power by a recognition of basic human rights **Citizens have the ability to “alter or abolish” the government**

24. Grievances against the king
**RIGHTS WERE REPEATEDLY VIOLATED**
Dissolving colonial assemblies
Keeping British troops in the colonies
Imposing taxes without [the colonists’] consent

25. We the people…

26. …all men are created equal…
Today
1860’s
1950’s & 60’s
1920’s

27. A look at the revolutionary leaders

28. Benjamin franklin Developed the 1754 Albany Plan of Union
Writer of the Declaration of Independence
Representative for the Continental Congress during the Revolutionary War
Believer in a Republican form of government

29. George washington Commander of the Continental Army
“Soul and Sword” of the American Revolution
Became first president of the United States

30. Samuel adams Led resistance to British taxes by organizing a boycott
Served as a delegate from Massachusetts to the Second Continental Congress

31. John adams Representative to the First Continental Congress
Writer of the Declaration of Independence
Second president of the United States

32. Patrick henry Delegate from Virginia for both Continental Congresses.
“Give me liberty, or give me death!”

33. Loyalists
vs.
patriots

34. Results of the american revolution

35. Treaty of paris 1783
Great Britain recognized the existence of the United States as an independent nation.
Western border of the United States was the Mississippi.

38. Impact on African Americans
Approximately 5,000 free blacks and slaves fought against Britain
Offer freedom to slaves whose master’s would allow them to fight in the war
In response to Britain’s promise
New states in the North did away with slavery
“liberty & equality”

39. Impact on NATIVE Americans
Mostly allied with the British
Feared the colonists’ want of the frontier
Treaties for protection  all failed

40. Impact on women
While men were fighting, women ran businesses, farms, and plantations
“Liberty & Equality”
Want the right to vote: those who impose laws
Need education