3. • Political upheaval during the last half of
the 18th century in which thirteen
colonies in North America joined together
to break free from the British Empire,
resulting in the formation of the United
States of America.
4. Causes
• The need to escape
from the guardianship
of the British Empire
• taxation without
representation
• freedom from religious
oppression
• Free capitalism
• individual rights and
6. Results...
• American
Enlightenment (social,
political, and
intellectual
transformations)
• Strengthening of the
economy
• Showed the world that
the strong and mighty
army of England was
in fact vulnerable.
7. • Unification of the 13
separate British
colonies into 13
combined original
United States of
America.
• Inspiration to other
countries to fight for a
fairer and more equal
society.
8. Heroes of the
American Revolution
"Posterity, you will never know how much it cost the
present generation to preserve your freedom. I hope
you will make good use of it. If you do not, I shall
repent in heaven that ever I took half the pains to
preserve it."
...John Adams
9. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
● A noted
polymath,leading
author, printer, political
theorist, politician,
postmaster, scientist,
musician, inventor,
satirist, civic activist,
statesman, and
diplomat.
10. Samuel Adams
● Political philosopher
● A politician in colonial
Massachusetts
● One of the architects of the
principles of American
republicanism
11. Patrick Henry
● An attorney, a planter and a
politician
● He is remembered as one of the
most influential exponents of
Republicanism, promoters of the
American Revolution
12. Thomas Jefferson
● The principal author of
the Declaration of
Independence (1776)
● The third President of
the United States (1801–
1809)
● The first United States
Secretary of State (1790–
1793)
13. “BENEDICT ARNOLD”
● Benedict Arnold
commanded as an
American general in the
American Revolution.
● He had planned to
surrender West Point in
1780, a key military base,
to the British.
● He revealed his true
allegiance to Britain by
fighting with the British.
14. “WILLIAM HOWE”
● William Howe, a British
general, led his troops in
the Battle of Bunker Hill.
● Howe succeeded Thomas
Gage as commander of
the British army in
America.
● He failed to defeat the
Americans however, and
Sir Henry Clinton
succeeded him.
15. “ALEXANDER HAMILTON”
● Alexander Hamilton
was appointed captain
of a New York artillery
company in 1776.
● Hamilton later served
as a close assistant
and secretary of
General George
Washington from 1777
to 1781.
16. “ JAMES MADINSON”
● James Madison was
elected to the Continental
Congress in 1779. During
the time he served, 1779
to 1783, Madison
suggested increasing the
powers of Congress so
that they could tax.
●The money would be used
to pay off the national debt
caused by the
Revolutionary War.
17. “ FRANCIS MARION”
● Along with other Patriots,
Francis Marion practised
guerrilla warfare in North
Carolina. He would
surprise the British, strike
quick, and go hide just as
fast.
● Because of this and the
fact that he knew the
terrain well, Marion was
called "the Swamp Fox".
18. “ETHAN ALLEN”
● Ethan Allen led a band
of soldiers in the
American Revolution
he called the Green
Mountain Boys.
● Allen, like Benedict
Arnold, betrayed his
allegiance to America
and joined with the
British side.
19. JOHN ADAMS
● The Second President of
the United States(1797–
1801)
● A statesman, diplomat,
and a leader of the American
independence
20. John Paul Jones
• The first known fighter of the U.S Navy
during the Revolution.
• His actions in British waters during the
Revolution earned him an international
reputation.
• He gave his legendary response to the
British captain to surrender.(‘‘I have not yet
begun to fight’’).
21. George Washington
• The first U.S President.
• The chief of the Continental Army. (When the
Revolution started ,he appeared in Congress with military showing that he was
ready for war.)
• In 1775 assumed the commander of the
U.S Army.
22. Banastr Tarleton
• The first Baron of
Liverpool.
• A British soldier and
politician.
• The cavalry officer in
the raids in the territory
of the American
revolutionaries.
• After the war he
worked on policy.
24. Causes of conflict
• Slavery
• Economic reasons
• Starvation due to
lack of food
• Unfair laws
• Territorial reasons
25. Main
heroes
• Jefferson Finis Davis
• Thomas Jonathan Jackson
• George Armstrong Custer
26. War generals
• John Garland
• William S. Harney
• Albert S. Johnston
• Winfield Scott
• John E. Wool
• David E. Twiggs
27. Jefferson Finis Davis
• Born in 1808, Jefferson
Davis was the President
of the Confederate
States of America during
the American Civil War.
• He was unsuccessful.
• He was imprisoned and
indicted for treason
28. Thomas Jonathan
"Stonewall" Jackson
• Thomas Jonathan
"Stonewall " Jackson (January
21, 1824 – May 10, 1863) was a
Confederate general during the
American Civil War
• He died at Guinea Station, on the
10th day of May 1863, being 39
years of age.
• Military historians consider
Jackson to be one of the most
gifted tactical commanders in U.S.
29. George Armstrong Custer
• CUSTER, George
Armstrong, soldier, born in
New Rumley, Harrison
County, Ohio, 5 December
1839, died in Montana, 25
June, 1876.
• He was graduated at the U.
S. military academy in June,
1861.
• General Winfield Scott gave
him dispatches to carry to
General Irwin McDowell.
30. Famous Victories
“The Confederacy” “The Union”
• Battle of Fort • Battle of Gettysburg
Summer • Battle of Stone Rivers
• Battle of
• Battle of Shiloh
Chancellorsville
• Battle of
Chicamauga
