1. Time Table leading up to the Revolutionary War Tea Act Boston Tea Party BTPIntolerable Acts IA1 st Continental Congress 1 st CCboycott British goods, prepare local militias, Declaration of Rights D of RLexington/Concord – shot heard ‘round the world SHRW2 nd Continental Congress

2. Time Table leading up to the Revolutionary War 2 nd CCContinental Army (GW), new state constitutions, Olive Branch Petition OBPWar and Peace W & PBunker Hill and Dorchester Heights (Boston back in control of colonists, birthplace of rebellion)

3. American Revolutionary War American War of Independence 1775–1783

4. Who? Colonists (13 colonies) Great Britain And … Continental Army And … Patriots And… Revolutionaries/Rebels And… Redcoats And … Loyalists/Tories And … mercenaries

5. Why? Declaration of Rights Right to “life, liberty, and property!” Inalienable rights of any person…life, liberty, property Patrick Henry King George III Government should protect, not abuse these rights. We will not forfeit them, only fight for a government that is not tyrannical!

6. New England Colonies Where? Middle Colonies Southern Colonies Western Frontier Sea

7. Turning Point? Hudson River Saratoga, NY British defeat at Saratoga (1777)

8. 1.The United States was independent 2.Boundaries: Mississippi River on the west, Canada on the north, Spanish Florida on the south 3.US right to fish off Canada’s Atlantic coast 4.Each side would repay its debts to the other 5.The British would return any enslaved persons 6.Congress would recommend that states return any property they had seized from Loyalists Outcome? 10,000 British deaths 7,500 Hessians died 25,600 American deaths – 10,000 died in camp – 8,500 died in British prisons – 7,200 died in battle VICTORY! Through almost every possible suffering and discouragement for the space of eight long years, was little short of a standing miracle.