By: Mike Anderson

By: Mike Anderson

• Started April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783

• The Thirteen British colonies in North America fought against Great Britain.

• Started because the colonies in North America wanted freedom from Great Britain.

• French and Indian War • British impose new taxes • Quartering Act • Stamp Tax Passed • Sons of Liberty Formed • Townshend Acts Imposed• Colonist respond with boycott • British troops land in Boston • Boston Massacre • Townshend Act Repealed

1765• Boston Tea Party

-The Americans believed that they were entitled to the full democratic rights of Englishmen. -The British believed that the American colonies were just colonies, to be used and exploited in whatever way best suited Great Britain. -These two conflicting views made war inevitable.

• Occurred on March 5, 1770• British Army soldiers killed

five civilians• Started when civilians were

throwing snowballs and insulting British soldiers.

• As a result of the harassment, the soldiers fired on the crowd.

• The British put a tax on tea that was very expensive which upset the colonist.

• On December 16, 1773 a group of 30 to 130 men, some dressed in the Mohawk warrior disguises, boarded the three vessels and, over the course of three hours, dumped all 342 chests of tea into the water.

• As a result of this the British passed the "Intolerable Acts”

• When the war began, the 13 colonies lacked a professional army and navy.

• Each colony sponsored a local militia.

• Militiamen were lightly armed, had little training, and usually did not have uniforms.

• George Washington was appointed commander-in-chief

The Americans

British and Loyalist

-Loyalists fought on the side of the British. Thousands served in the Royal Navy -On land, Loyalist forces fought alongside the British

The British army was overwhelmingly superior to the militia forces available to the Patriots.- The problem for the British was that they were never able to bring all these forces to America

-Had 3 times more people than America

-More money. -Had a strong military with

a powerful navy -Troops and supplies had

to be shipped across the Atlantic

- The British were unfamiliar with terrain and environment

British Americans-Soldiers were poorly trained and had little military experience. -Not all Americans were in favor of the rebellion. -Were fighting on their own land -Were experienced wilderness fighters-George Washington turned out to be a brilliant leader.

Advantages and Disadvantages

• First military engagements of the War.

• The British chose to march to Concord because it was an arms depot.

• First shots fired between American and British troops, on April 19, 1775

• "Shot Heard 'Round the World”• The weapons depot was saved, and

the British were forced to retreat• Paul Revere's famous ride, warning

the countryside "The British are Coming!“

• Two significant battles during September and October of 1777

• Was a crucial victory for the Patriots and is considered the turning point of the war

• British General John Burgoyne surrendered on October 17, 1777

• Burgoyne surrendered 5,000 of his men to the Americans

• The Battle of Yorktown was the last major engagement of the American Revolution

• French Admiral DeGrasse was commander of the French naval fleet and defeated the British navy

• This prohibited them from entering Chesapeake Bay and giving aid and resources to British General Cornwallis

• Washington's troops came from the North and Lafayette's from the South

• Cornwallis was surrounded and surrendered on October 17, his troops were greatly outnumbered.

• By winning this battle, America won the war.

-American independence was guaranteed.

-The U.S. was given the territory east of the Mississippi between Canada and Florida.

-Religious freedom was expanded.

-American manufacturing increased.

-State governments were established.

-The Articles of Confederation was established as a form of national government.

Multiple Choice Questions• 1.Which of the choices was not a cause of the Revolutionary war. • A-Boston Massacre B-Boston tea party C- Stamp Tax D-Tax on air• 2.Who was the commander and chief for the Americans during the

Revolutionary war. • A-George Washington B-George Bush C- Abraham Lincoln D-

Thomas Jefferson • 3.Who were the 13 colonies in America fighting against.• A-Great Britain B- France C-Nazis D-Canadians 4.Who did the Loyalist support.• A-Great Britain B-Americans C-French D-Nazis• 5. Who won the Revolutionary war• A-Americans B-Great Britain C- Nazis D-Canadians