1. American Revolution

2. Road leading up to the Revolution
The French & Indian War between British and French
Join or Die Political Cartoon by Ben Franklin Published May 9, 1754
Proclamation of 1763 No Settlements west of the Appalachian Mountains
TAXES
Sugar Act 1764
Stamp Act 1765
Samuel Adams & the Sons of Liberty
Tar & Feather
The Quartering Act
The Boston Massacre
Tea Tax
The Boston Tea Party
90,000 lbs of tea
Took place in Charleston, New York, and others
The Intolerable Acts
First & Second Continental Congress

3. Second Continental Congress
Drafted on July 5, 1775
The Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4, 1776
The colonist first needed to declare independence from Great Britain.
Thomas Jefferson, age 33, wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Declares the grievances the colonist have with the King
Thomas Jefferson with the assistance from Benjamin Franklin and john Adams

4. Battle of Bunker Hill
Low on ammunition, the colonist retreat.
While the British won the battle they had over a thousand casualties, while the colonists had about 450
Wait until you see the whites of their eyes
British Army Style of Fighting
This battle gave the colonist encouragement that they can fight well with the British
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5. Battle of Saratoga
The British had a plan to strategically control upstate New York, and the Hudson River, cutting of trade between New England and Middle and Southern Colonies.
British General John Burgoyne would head South from Canada. At the same time another British Lieutenant would head east,
The American victory in the Battles of Saratoga helped to induce the French to recognize American independence and to give open military assistance, thus marking a turning point in the uprising and making possible its ultimate success.
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6. VIVE LA FRANCE
Benjamin Franklin had been in France for sometime trying to get them to support the colonists.
The victory at Saratoga convinced the French that the American’s had a shot at winning.
France sent money, equipment, and troops to aid the Patriots.

7. Valley Forge
It took a while for supplies to reach the American troops.
In the meantime, Washington set up camp at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania where he and his troops spent a miserable winter.
There was a lack of food, clothing, shelter, and medicine.
Washington lost many men that winter, to desertion and death from illness, but for those that stayed he used the time to train and improve discipline.

8. Help Arrives Marquis de Lafayette Friedrich von Steuben
Frenchmen who at 19 came to help the patriots.
He worked without pay and became Washington’s trusted aide.
Helped train and command the troops
Friedrich von Steuben
Former officer in the Prussian Army
Helped train the troops at Valley Forge.

9. The War at Sea
Great Britain had a major advantage; they already had a well supplied and trained navy.
Great Britain blockaded American harbors, limiting delivery of supplies to Patriots troops.
Congress ordered 13 warships, with only 2 making it to sea.

10. Yorktown
In October of 1781 the American Revolutionary War had been raging for six long years. The American colonist, in what had seemed an impossible dream at the beginning of the war, are about to win their freedom from British rule with a victory at the Battle of Yorktown.
The Americans had a fighting force of approximately 8,800 who were aided by 7,800 French soldiers against a British force of about 6,000.
The defeat of the British at Yorktown prompted the British government to negotiate an end to the American Revolution and give the colonist their freedom.
Although this final major battle took place in 1781 the American Revolutionary War was not officially over until the signing of the Treaty of Paris in September of 1783.
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