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American Revolution
1754-1783
Slide2Major Themes
French & Indian WarBritish Colonial Policies
Colonial Resistance
Declaration of Independence
War of Revolution
Post American Society
Slide3French and Indian War
Identify 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.
Slide4French & Indian War
Slide5French and Indian War
French and Indian Wars
Nine Years War (1688-1697)
War of Spanish Succession (1702-1713)
War of Austrian Succession (1744-1748)
Seven Year’s War (1754-1763
)
Ohio River Valley
Fort Duquesne
Robert Dinwiddie
George WashingtonAlbany ConferenceColonial meeting with IroquoisAlbany Plan of UnionGeneral Edward BraddockSeven Years War William PittBattle of QuebecTreaty of Paris (1763)
Slide6French & Indian War Questions
Which 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 Year’s 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?
Slide7British Colonial Policies
Describe 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.
Slide8Post Treaty of Paris 1763
Economic problem for Great Britain
Proclamation Act of 1763
Pontiac’s Rebellion
British officials had been expecting conflict
e
nraged farmers and land speculators
George Grenville
v
ice admiralty courts
American Revenue Act (Sugar Act) 1764James OtisCurrency Act of 1764Quartering Act 1764
Slide9Stamp Act Crisis
Stamp Act 1765
r
oyal stamp on all printed materials
f
irst direct tax
Sons of Liberty
Stamp Act Congress
Declaration of Rights and Grievances
b
oycottsnonimportation agreementsStamp Act Repeal 1766Declaratory Act
Slide10Townshend Acts
Charles Townshend, Chancellor of the Exchequer
Revenue Act 1767
t
ax on tea, glass, paper, paint
w
rits of assistance
Virginia Resolves
Daughters of Liberty
Boston Massacre
March 5, 1770Symbol of British tyranny
Slide11Review Questions
Why 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 government’s expenses in America?
How did colonists react to the Townshend Acts
?
Slide12Colonial Resistance
Describe ways in which Massachusetts continued to defy Britain after the repeal of the Townshend Acts
Summarize the first battles between Britain and the colonies.
Slide13Massachusetts
Boston Massacre
Gaspee
Affair
Committees of correspondence
Boston Tea Party
Lord North
British East India Company
Tea Act 1773
Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts)Port of BostonAppointment of positionsjury trialslodging of troopsQuebec ActFirst Continental CongressPhiladephia (1774)
Declaration of Rights and Grievances
Slide14Revolution
Massachusetts Provincial Congress
Minutemen
Loyalists (Tories)
g
overnment officials, ministers, landowners
NY, Carolina, Georgia
Patriots (Whigs)
a
rtisans, merchants, planters
New England and VirginiaLexington & ConcordordersPaul Revere, William Dawes, and Dr. Samuel Prescott“the shot heard around the world”
Slide15Massachusetts Provincial Congress
Minute menToriesGovernment officials
Ministers
Yeomen farmers
Whigs
Lexington and
Concord
orders
Paul Revere, William Dawes,
and
Dr. Samuel Prescott“the shot heard around the world”Second Continental CongressdefensegeneralBattle of Bunker Hill
Pre-Revolutionary War Battles
Slide16Decision for Independence
public opinionOlive Branch Petition
Proclamation for Suppressing Rebellion and Sedition
Prohibitory Act
Common Sense
Thomas Paine
Attacked King George
III
Slide17Review Questions
What were the Intolerable Acts?Why was the American Revolution also a civil war?
In what ways did the Continental Congress act like a government?
Slide18War for Independence
Describe 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.
Slide19Opposing Sides
General William Howe
32,000 troops
advantages
Continental Army
“Continentals”
Robert Morris
g
uerrilla warfare
strategy
Slide20Northern Campaign
General Howe’s Strategy
m
ilitary
diplomacy
Battle of New York City
l
argest battle of the war
n
umerous escapes
Nathan HaleBattles of Trenton and PrincetonCrossing the Delaware Riverfood & supplies
Slide21Burgoyne’s Strategy
General John Burgoyne
t
hree
pronge
strategy
i
solate New England
Philadelphia Campaign
Valley Forge
Friedrich von SteubenMarquis de LafayetteBattle of Saratogaturning pointrole of Benedict Arnold
Slide22Western Campaign
Ohio RiverGeorge Rogers Clark (1778)
Native American Involvement
Chief Joseph Brandt
Cherokee
Slide23War at Sea
strategy
letters of
marque
John Paul Jones
Bonhomme
Richard
Serapis
Slide24Southern Campaign
General Sir Henry ClintonSavannah (1778)
Charleston (1780)
The Battle of King’s Mountain
Francis Marion
Yorktown
General Charles Cornwallis
Treaty of
Paris
Slide25Treaty of Paris 1783
Slide26Questions
What 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
?
Slide27Distinctive American Society
Describe 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.
Slide28New Political Ideas
republic
European view
power
constitutional republic
John Adams
feared true democracy
Bicameral legislature
Enfranchisement
r
ight to voteright to hold office“ecclesiastical tryanny”
Slide29American Society
Role of women
Molly Pitcher
Margaret Corbin
a
dvancements
Judith Sargent Murray – “On Equality of the Sexes”
African Americans
e
mancipation
worshipManumissionLoyalists
Slide30American Culture
nationalism
Art
John Trumbull
Charles Wilson Peale
e
ducated public
Slide31Questions
What ideas did John Adams promote for the country’s new republican government?
What advances did women make after the war ended?
How did elementary education in America change after the war
?