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Unit 3 Revolution to Constitution
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Section 1 – Road to Revolution
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Jeffrey Amherst
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Pontiac
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Fort Detroit
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Pontiac’s War
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Proclamation of 1763 control angered
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Section 1 – Road to Revolution
No taxation without representation!
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Sons of Liberty
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boycott repealed
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Charles Townshend
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writs of assistance tea
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Samuel Adams
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printers
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George Washington Patrick Henry
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Crispus Attucks
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Boston Massacre
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John Adams
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England’s King George III
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Tea Act monopoly smugglers boycott
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Samuel Adams John Hancock
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Boston Tea Party (December 16, 1773) control rights
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Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts) shut down the port of Boston Quartering Act
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Constitution Amendment 1
Freedoms of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition Protects 5 basic rights Added because of Intolerable Acts passed by England for the colonies
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Constitution Amendment 3 Lodging Troops in Private Homes
Limits the government’s right to use private homes to house soldiers – must have consent of the owner Added because of Quartering Acts passed by England for the colonies
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Quebec Act
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Philadelphia First Continental Congress stop exporting militia minutemen
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Thomas Gage
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Paul Revere
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“Now listen my children and you shall hear of the midnight ride of Paul Revere.”
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John Parker Statue in Lexington
Lexington skirmish
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Concord battleground
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Section 1 – Road to Revolution
sharpshooters
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Ralph Waldo Emerson “The shot heard round the world.”
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Example of a political cartoon about taxes in Italy.
Example of political cartoon about taxes in Italy. Example of a political cartoon about taxes in Italy.
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Section 2 – The American Revolution
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Patrick Henry “Give me liberty or give me death.”
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American Revolution began on April 19, 1775 at Lexington and Concord
England Colonies Weapons & supplies Had all they needed Next to none Armies Biggest in world Navy Largest in world None Money Richest in world (biggest country) Next to nothing Biggest advantage Americans had: fighting on their own soil, they knew the terrain.
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Green Mountain Boys led by Ethan Allen
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Fort Ticonderoga (first big battle of the American Revolution) cannon Canada
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Second Continental Congress Olive Branch Petition Continental Army George Washington
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Battle of Bunker Hill (Breed’s Hill)
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Colonel British General William Prescott William Howe
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Battle of Bunker Hill (Breed’s Hill) “Don’t shoot until you see the whites of their eyes!”
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gunpowder moral
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Battle of Bunker Hill (Breed’s Hill)
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mistrusted loyalty
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Section 2 – The American Revolution
blockade Quebec
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Richard Montgomery Benedict Arnold
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hunger and disease
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Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense
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independence traitors
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John Adams Benjamin Franklin
Robert Livingston Roger Sherman
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Thomas Jefferson “Father” of the Declaration of Independence
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July 4, 1776 Independence Day
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John Hancock
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Declaration of Independence
3 main parts 1. Basic rights governments duty 2. British wrongs 3. An independent nation United States of America
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Declaration of Independence
United States of America ties with Britain were cut free alliances and trade
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divided Patriots People who wanted colonists to win the revolution Loyalists People who wanted England to win the revolution
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fled lost
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middle states worst Battle of Long Island
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Nathan Hale captured death
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Nathan Hale “I only regret that I have but one life to lose
for my country.”
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Thomas Paine wrote The Crisis
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Battle of Trenton
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Washington Crossing the Delaware River
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British General Charles Cornwallis
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Princeton
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strategy stop the flow of soldiers and supplies
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________
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Valley Forge
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“Gentleman Johnny” Burgoyne
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wives and children
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_____ Battle of Saratoga Oct. 17, 1777
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France
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Benjamin Franklin Sent by Continental Congress to Paris in 1776
His mission: To persuade French King Louis XVI to help the Americans
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Continental Congress Wanted help from France Weapons Supplies Wanted France to declare war on Britain France had a strong navy
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France Still angry with Britain over defeat in French and Indian War
King did not want to openly help Americans unless they could win Victory at Saratoga convinced France to become an ally of the U.S.
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France February 1778, France became first nation to sign a treaty with U.S. Recognized U.S. as a nation Agreed to provide military aid
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European Help France declared war on England
Spain declared war on England Holland declared war on England
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Marquis de Lafayette
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Thaddeus Kosciusko
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Casimir Pulaski
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Bernardo de Galvez
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Friedrich von Steuben
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Valley Forge
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disease and frostbite
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Martha Washington
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Appalachian Mountains Lexington Louisville
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George Rogers Clark
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Kaskaskia Cahokia
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blockaded
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John Paul Jones - Father of U.S. Navy
Bonhomme Richard vs. English warship Serapis
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John Paul Jones Bonhomme Richard “I have not yet begun to fight!”
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South Charleston worst American defeat ______
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Benedict Arnold
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West Point
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Francis Marion – the Swamp Fox
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Nathanael Greene
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Guilford Courthouse bloody ______
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Virginia ______
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British General Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown
Oct. 17, 1781
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France helped Americans win
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John Adams Benjamin Franklin
John Jay Henry Laurens
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Treaty of Paris Britain recognized U.S. as independent nation
U.S. borders extended from Atlantic Ocean to Mississippi River Florida was returned to Spain Americans agreed to ask state legislatures to pay Loyalists for property they lost during the war
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April 15, Congress ratified Treaty of Paris
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farewell hero
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American Revolution – Causes & Effects
1. Proclamation of 1763 stops colonists from moving west. 2. Parliament taxes the colonies to pay British war debts. 3. Intolerable Acts set up harsh rule in Massachusetts. EFFECTS 1. Colonies declare independence. 2. Britain recognizes U.S. independence. 3. U.S. borders extend to Florida and to Mississippi River. 4. George Washington emerges as a leader.
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