2. Began July 3, 1754
Between England and France to control over land in
North America
Cost England a lot of money
Last 7 years
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3. Results of the French and Indian War
1. British territorial claims greatly expanded in America.
2. British debt grew in an attempt to finance an ever-expanding war.
3. Resentment towards American colonists grew in Parliament among those
who saw Americans as unwilling to financially support a war on their behalf.
4. American colonists unified for the first time against a common enemy.
5. Colonial militias saw themselves as volunteers or a quot;people's armyquot; in contrast
to the authoritarian and coercive British army.
6. France's influence in development of North American dwindled mightily.
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4. King George III of England
No colonists able to settle
west of Appalachian
Mountains
Indian Territory
If colonists already lived
there, they had to move!
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5. Parliament imposed taxes on colonists
Tea Act
1773 tax on tea
Colonists reaction:
Boycotted English tea
Led to the Boston Tea Party
Sugar Act
King George needed money to pay for war between French and Native
Americans
Made colonists pay!
1764 taxed sugar and wine
Colonists angry
Boycott
Colonists made own sugar and wine
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6. 1765 tax on anything written
on paper
Special stamp placed to show
the purchase
Colonists boycotted British
goods
Tax repealed by King George
in 1766
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7. 1767 tax on glass, paint, paper, and tea
Colonists’ reaction
English goods boycotted
Protests
Secret meetings
“No Taxation Without Representation!”
No choices in taxes
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8. Occurred in 1770
Colonists calling British
soldiers names
British soldiers reacted by
firing on the crowd
5 people were dead
Crispus Attucks is the 1st
African American dead
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9. Occurred after the Tea Act
passed – reaction to the tax
on tea
Led by Samuel Adams
Colonists disguised as Native
Americans and boarded 3
British ships
Colonists threw crates of tea
overboard into the Boston
Harbor
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10. First Continental Congress created
1774: one colonist from each of the 12 colonies would
meet in Philadelphia
Asked King George to get rid of the taxes
“No Taxation Without Representation!”
Boycotted all English goods
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11. British marched to Lexington to capture Sam
Adams and John Hancock, leaders of the Sons
of Liberty.
Sons of Liberty formed to stop collection of
taxes and included Paul Revere and John
Adams as well (a.k.a. Patriots)
British marched to Concord to capture
minutemen weapons
Minutemen were volunteer
farmers, fishers, and tradesmen
Massachusetts Colony
Paul Revere road the countryside to warn the
minutemen of the British secret mission
“The British are Coming!”
Lexington “Shots Heard Around the World” –
First shot fired
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12. Second Continental Congress created
Met in Philadelphia to create more organized colonial
government
George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John
Hancock, Samuel Adams, and Thomas Jefferson
George Washington commander of Continental Army
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13. 1st major battle of American
Revolution
Massachusetts, June 1775
British General William
Howe defeated American
troops
General Howe declared
anyone helping the patriots
considered to be traitors
American troops loss battle
due to lack of ammunition
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14. Declaration of Independence
written by Thomas Jefferson
Congress approved the
Declaration of Independence on
July 4th, 1776
Document sent to King George
III
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15. October 1777
British General Burgoyne
forced to surrender at
Saratoga
Turning point in war as result
of Burgoyne’s defeat
France provided support to
Americans to help them win
the war
Money, supplies, and
ammunition
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16.
17. 1778 Virginia
French and Americans
defeated General Cornwallis
together
British realized defeat and
retreated
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18. May 10, 1775
Controlled by 22 British soldiers
Green Mountain Boys: Led by
Ethan Allen and Benedict
Arnold who took over the fort
Ammunition and gun powder
taken over
Belief that patriots will win
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19. July 1776
General Howe wanted to use
New York as a military base
General George Washington
wanted to control New York as
well
British had more
soldiers, Washington retreated
from Long Island
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20. New York Harbor, September
1776 the first attack on a
submarine
“Turtle” invented by David
Bushnell
Targeted British Eagle
Flagship
Gunpowder suppose to be
placed on British ship, but
failed
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21. June 1777, the first American flag
was created
Betsy Ross sewed this flag to
boost the confidence of
Washington’s soldiers
Belief that if the soldiers saw
this flag that represents
them, they will know what
their freedom will look like
and continue fighting for it.
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22. September 3, 1783
Ben Franklin and Sam Adams
went to sign agreement with
King George III to end the
American Revolutionary War
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23. 13 colonies became 13 states
Each state was independent and free
Own money system
Different laws created
Each state more powerful than central government
Articles of Confederation failed
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24. Constitutional Convention
1787 in Philadelphia
1 Representative from each
stated except Rhode Island
Purpose of convention: to
create a central government
for the 13 independent states
12 Representatives wrote
Constitution in 3 months
July 2nd, 1790 Constitution
was adopted
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