American Revolution

American Revolution

American Revolution1754-1783

Major ThemesFrench & Indian WarBritish Colonial PoliciesColonial ResistanceDeclaration of IndependenceWar of RevolutionPost American SocietyFrench and Indian WarIdentify the cause of the French and Indian War.Explain the significance of the Albany Plan of Union.Analyze the result of the French and Indian War.French & Indian War

French and Indian WarFrench and Indian WarsNine Years War (1688-1697)War of Spanish Succession (1702-1713)War of Austrian Succession (1744-1748)Seven Years War (1754-1763)Ohio River ValleyFort DuquesneRobert DinwiddieGeorge WashingtonAlbany ConferenceColonial meeting with IroquoisAlbany Plan of UnionGeneral Edward BraddockSeven Years War William PittBattle of QuebecTreaty of Paris (1763)

French & Indian War QuestionsWhich two sides were fighting each other in the French & Indian War?What caused the start of the war?What was the significance of the Albany Conference?What is the Seven Years War?What was considered the turning point of the French and Indian War?What acquisitions did Great Britain gain from the Treaty of Paris 1763? Why was Spain involved in the treaty?British Colonial PoliciesDescribe how did the British government hope to solve its financial problems caused by the cost of the French and Indian War.Explain how the Stamp Act affected the relationship between Britain and the colonies.Analyze the colonial response to the British policies.Post Treaty of Paris 1763

Economic problem for Great BritainProclamation Act of 1763Pontiacs RebellionBritish officials had been expecting conflictenraged farmers and land speculatorsGeorge Grenvillevice admiralty courtsAmerican Revenue Act (Sugar Act) 1764James OtisCurrency Act of 1764Quartering Act 1764Stamp Act CrisisStamp Act 1765royal stamp on all printed materialsfirst direct taxSons of LibertyStamp Act CongressDeclaration of Rights and Grievancesboycottsnonimportation agreementsStamp Act Repeal 1766Declaratory Act

Townshend ActsCharles Townshend, Chancellor of the ExchequerRevenue Act 1767tax on tea, glass, paper, paintwrits of assistanceVirginia ResolvesDaughters of LibertyBoston MassacreMarch 5, 1770Symbol of British tyranny

Review QuestionsWhy did the British want its colonies to form an alliance with the Iroquois?What policies did the British government adopt to help pay its debts from the French and Indian War?What acts did Parliament pass to raise money to pay for the governments expenses in America?How did colonists react to the Townshend Acts?Colonial ResistanceDescribe ways in which Massachusetts continued to defy Britain after the repeal of the Townshend ActsSummarize the first battles between Britain and the colonies.MassachusettsBoston MassacreGaspee AffairCommittees of correspondenceBoston Tea PartyLord NorthBritish East India CompanyTea Act 1773Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts)Port of BostonAppointment of positionsjury trialslodging of troopsQuebec ActFirst Continental CongressPhiladephia (1774)Declaration of Rights and Grievances

RevolutionMassachusetts Provincial CongressMinutemenLoyalists (Tories)government officials, ministers, landownersNY, Carolina, GeorgiaPatriots (Whigs)artisans, merchants, plantersNew England and VirginiaLexington & ConcordordersPaul Revere, William Dawes, and Dr. Samuel Prescottthe shot heard around the world

Massachusetts Provincial CongressMinute menToriesGovernment officialsMinistersYeomen farmersWhigsLexington and ConcordordersPaul Revere, William Dawes, and Dr. Samuel Prescottthe shot heard around the worldSecond Continental CongressdefensegeneralBattle of Bunker Hill

Pre-Revolutionary War Battles

Decision for Independencepublic opinionOlive Branch PetitionProclamation for Suppressing Rebellion and SeditionProhibitory ActCommon SenseThomas PaineAttacked King George III

Review QuestionsWhat were the Intolerable Acts?Why was the American Revolution also a civil war?In what ways did the Continental Congress act like a government?

War for IndependenceDescribe the strategies behind the Northern Campaign.Identify and explain the key battles in the American Revolutionary War.Summarize the scope of the war and the terms of the Treaty of Paris.

Opposing SidesGeneral William Howe32,000 troopsadvantagesContinental ArmyContinentalsRobert Morrisguerrilla warfarestrategy

Northern CampaignGeneral Howes StrategymilitarydiplomacyBattle of New York Citylargest battle of the warnumerous escapesNathan HaleBattles of Trenton and PrincetonCrossing the Delaware Riverfood & supplies

Burgoynes StrategyGeneral John Burgoynethree pronge strategyisolate New EnglandPhiladelphia CampaignValley ForgeFriedrich von SteubenMarquis de LafayetteBattle of Saratogaturning pointrole of Benedict Arnold

Western CampaignOhio RiverGeorge Rogers Clark (1778)Native American InvolvementChief Joseph BrandtCherokee

War at Seastrategyletters of marqueJohn Paul Jones Bonhomme RichardSerapis

Southern CampaignGeneral Sir Henry ClintonSavannah (1778)Charleston (1780)The Battle of Kings MountainFrancis MarionYorktownGeneral Charles CornwallisTreaty of Paris

Treaty of Paris 1783

QuestionsWhat disadvantages did the British troops and the Continental Army face in the war?Why was the British surrender at Saratoga a turning point in the War for Independence?Why was the power of the Iroquois and Cherokee people destroyed?How did Americans attack the British at sea?Why did the British focus their attention on the South?Why did the British fear their time was running out to win and end the war?Distinctive American SocietyDescribe the features of the political system of the United States set up after the Revolutionary War.Explain the position of women and African Americans in the new political system.New Political IdeasrepublicEuropean viewpowerconstitutional republicJohn Adamsfeared true democracyBicameral legislatureEnfranchisementright to voteright to hold officeecclesiastical tryanny

American SocietyRole of womenMolly PitcherMargaret CorbinadvancementsJudith Sargent Murray On Equality of the SexesAfrican AmericansemancipationworshipManumissionLoyalists

American CulturenationalismArtJohn TrumbullCharles Wilson Pealeeducated public

QuestionsWhat ideas did John Adams promote for the countrys new republican government?What advances did women make after the war ended?How did elementary education in America change after the war?