PPT-The American Revolutionary War

By James Finn The Boston Tea Party The Boston Tea Party was an incident in which 342 chests of tea belonging to the British East India Company were thrown from ships into Boston Harbour They were thrown by American patriots disguised as Mohawk Indians. The Mayflower Compact is important because it is an example of representative government. The men of the Mayflower formed a civil body politic.. Who helped to make the colony of Jamestown successful? . British Move Against New York. British Gen. Howe took one last shot at resolving the Revolution diplomatically, but found no success. Summer 1776, Howe moved to capture New York City, first routing the Continental Army on Long Island. and Georgia Review. What was the result of the British siege of Savannah?. Savannah remained under the control of the British.. Who was . Lyman Hall?. One of the . three Georgians that signed the Declaration . From the book . Spies of the Revolution. by Katherine and John . Bakeless. Some 100 people, many of them seeking religious freedom in the New World, set sail from England on the Mayflower in September 1620. That November, the ship landed on the shores of Cape Cod, in present-day Massachusetts. A scouting party was sent out, and in late December the group landed at Plymouth Harbor, where they would form the first permanent settlement of Europeans in New England. These original settlers of Plymouth Colony are known as the Pilgrim Fathers, or simply as the Pilgrims.. War historical time period. Khalil Carter. Revolutionary . War facts. Colonists in America wanted independence from England. .. For ten years before the war actually started, there was a lot of tension . 1. Faith . in natural goodness - a human is born without taint or sin; the concept of . tabula rasa.  or blank . slate. 2. . Perfectibility of a human being - it is possible to improve situations of birth, economy, society, and religion. 2) Tom Paine—British Failure and International Revolutionary. History 350. April 9, 2015. Reminders and Announcements. Navigating around History 350. Syllabus is the first item in Blackboard Documents. The Second Continental Congress. Called as result of fighting in Massachusetts. Met in Philadelphia . (May. , . 1775). Radicals (John & Sam Adams, Patrick Henry, etc.) wanted war. Moderates (John Dickinson – PA) looking for reconciliation. Readings: . Smith, et al., 771-776. D . 18.7: “Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen”. Enlightenment Ideas. The spread of revolutionary ideas across the Atlantic world in the second half of the eighteenth century followed the trail of Enlightenment ideas (in a way, the product of the new scientific method based on reason in action):. Introduction Stuff. . A Small Handful of White Guys did NOT wake up one morning and think, . “Hey, we should have an American Revolution and throw the British . out of N. America.. No one was an American Yet.. What is American Literature?. American Literature is exactly what it sounds like literature that is specific to America. So what exactly does that mean?. Early American Fiction (1492-1789). The history of American Lit. begins with the 1. Joe Bianco. 5/19/15. Term 4. Weapons they used. Muskets. Pistols. Rifles. Long Rifle. Knives. Bayonets. Tomahawks. Axes. Swords. Sabres. Cannons. Here is a list of . the union’s.  Major Generals that fought in the Revolutionary War:. Unit #3 – The American Revolution Please copy the following words in your vocabulary notebook: Natural Rights: Universal rights, such as life, liberty that, according to philosophers, derive from nature rather than a government. th. Grade. Lesson Resources:. http://. www.coreknowledge.org/mimik/mimik_uploads/lesson_plans/113/Through%20Our%20Fathers%20Eyes%20%20Using%20Art%20and%20Primary%20Sources%20to%20Explore%20Causes%20of%20the%20American%20Revolution.pdf.