1. By Mr. Lin (a very cool teacher)
The Revolutionary War
By Mr. Lin (a very cool teacher)
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2. Causes of the Revolution
Taxation
Colonists Organize!
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3. Taxation: Stamp Act Stamp Act First Meeting At the House of Burgesses
Representatives protest
Decision was made to boycott Stamp Act goods
Result: Stamp Act was finally repealed
New Yorkers Protest the Stamp Act
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5. Taxation: Stamp Act Protest from Pennsylvania.
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6. Taxation: Townshend Act
Second Meeting At the House of Burgesses
Write a letter claiming that only elected representatives are allowed to tax.
Result
England is angered.
Orders the House of Burgesses to stop meeting
Revolutionary spirit begins to boil
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7. Taxation: Townshend Act
Response to England’s demand that colonists stop meeting.
Committee of Correspondence
Sons of Liberty (MA)
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8. Committee of Correspondence
Show “Committee of Correspondence” Movie.

9. Taxation: Townshend Act
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10. Taxation: Townshend Act
Many colonists boycotted Townshend Act goods.
On March 5, 1770, colonists protesting the Townshend Act in Boston heckled British soldiers. The soldiers panicked and fired upon the protesters.
This was called the Boston Massacre
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11. Boston Massacre

12. Townshend Act – Repealed (except for Tea)
After the Boston Tea Party, parts of the Townshend Act were slowly repealed.
In the end, the Tea Tax was left standing
On December 16, 1773, Bostonian patriots plan a raid on tea cargo on British ships in the harbor.
In New York, the New York assembly refused to help feed and house British troops
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13. Boston Tea Party

14. Intolerable Acts
Paul Revere.
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England responded to Boston’s rebelliousness by shutting down Boston Harbor until they could pay back for all the destroyed tea
They also force colonists to feed and house all British soldiers whenever they were called on to help out.
Samuel Adams.
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15. Colonists Organize! 1st Virginia Convention Continental Congress
2nd Virginia Convention
3rd Virginia Convention
Peyton Randolph, chairman of the first Continental Congress.
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16. 1st Virginia Convention
After England disbanded the House of Burgesses, delegates met in secret.
They decided on three main ideas:
Support the actions of Massachusetts
Suggest that the colonies create a Continental Congress
Select a group of representatives to the first Continental Congress.
Raleigh’s Tavern, where former delegates from
the House of Burgesses secretly met as the first
Virginia Convention.
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17. 1st Continental Congress
Virginia and many other colonies sent delegates to the first Continental Congress in Philadelphia, PA.
12 of the 13 colonies sent representatives
Only Georgia did not. They were in the midst of a war with the Creek indians and needed British troops for support.
Decided to write a letter of complaints to King George III.
Little known fact, they declared loyalty to King George, but not to the Parliament!
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18. 2nd Virginia Convention
Patrick Henry declares, “Give me liberty, or give me death!”
Proposed to arm Virginia militias
Patrick Henry was a rousing speaker.
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19. Second Virginian Convention

20. 3rd Virginia Convention
Royal Governor Dunmore flees to England
Virginia Convention effectively takes over as the government of Virginia
Lord Governor Dunmore.
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21. War Battle of Lexington and Concord Battle Bunker Hill
African-Americans
Battle of Trenton
Declaration of Independence
Battle of Saratoga
Battle of Yorktown
Convening at Yorktown (1781).
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22. Lexington and Concord
April 18th, 1775, Paul Revere galloped through the Boston area warning that “The British are coming!”
Patriots awoke in a hurry and quickly mustered their arms together. They were to become known as the legendary Minutemen.
Paul Revere rides through the night.
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23. Lexington and Concord

24. “Stand your ground. if they mean to have a war, let it begin here
“Stand your ground if they mean to have a war, let it begin here.” – Capt. John Parker (Lexington Militia)
As the patriots faced the British, a shot was fired. The ensuing scene of firings marked the first battle of the Revolutionary War.
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25. Battle of Bunker Hill June 17, 1775
This was widely considered one of the first major victories by the American patriots in New England.
Painting of the Battle of Bunker Hill
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26. African-Americans Offered Freedom*
On November of 1775, the British offered African-American slaves freedom on one condition, that they fought with the British against the patriots.
Many slaves took up on the offer, although few ever saw their dream of freedom come true.
An African-American pastor from
Pennsylvania in the 1780’s.
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27. James Armistead Lafayette*
James Armistead Lafayette was the slave to the French nobleman (and American friend) Marquis de Lafayette.
James Armistead Lafayette served as a spy for the Americans and pretended to be a friend of the British by feeding them false information about the American forces.
James Armistead Lafayette was spy
fed the British Army false
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28. Battle of Trenton January 28, 1776
General Washington, leader of the Continental Army crosses the frozen Delaware River in a surprise attack on Hessian mercenaries.
George Washington crosses the Delaware River.
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29. Signing of the Declaration of Independence*
July 4, 1776
Thomas Jefferson drafted a letter of complaints to the king.
The letter was signed by the Continental Congress.
The signing of the Declaration of Independence.
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30. Battle of Saratoga October 17, 1777
American forces defeat a sizeable British army at Saratoga, New York.
This battle finally convinced the French to support the patriots
American general Gates accepts British general
Burgoyne’s surrender.
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31. Jack Jouett*
The only known
Image, a silhouette,
made by Jack’s son,
Matthew.
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In early 1781, Jack Jouett observed the British cavalry headed to Charlottesville to arrest the entire Virginian government
Secretly, Jack stole away and managed to warn the government in time to save them.
Col. Tarleton, the man
sent to capture
Virginia’s government.
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32. Jack Jouett Saves Virginia
Re-enactment of Jack Jouett’s ride to Charlottesville
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33. Battle of Yorktown* Oct. 19, 1781
With the French aiding with their powerful Navy by sea, the American forces were able to decisively defeat the British forces under Gen. Cornwallis.
General Washington accepts General Corwallis’s
surrender.
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34. French Naval Help

35. Siege At Yorktown