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American revolution/ guns for general Washington (Henry knox (born 1750,…
American revolution/ guns for general Washington
causes of the revoultion
laws
They would make no useful laws.
Ignoring the colonists demands
They want things to
taxes
The patriots hated taxes
The Boston Massacre
The British killed people there
Henry knox
born 1750
his main interest was artillary
His parents were pioneers
he had 520 officers and soldiers.
He was a ship master
it was a hard journey
He was a genral
he had 9 siblings
He traveled to fort Ticonderoga to get cannons
They took over Boston with the cannons
he got 50 cannons
Worked for the colonists.
He is 19 years old.
He works for the artillery.
Henry lead all of the troops
His brother´s name was William
information found from
http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/served/knox.html
treaty of paris
America is known as a free and independent country.
They do not want to still be owned.
New territory bonuses for the patriots.
so the patriots could expand.
America agreed to pay all dept.
They still want to be friends
America will not punish the loyalists in the colones.
They still wanted to be friends
get all of the troops out
So the colonies could live however they wanted to.
important events of the revolution
The Boston Tea Party
The patriots threw a lot of tea in the water
First Continental Congres
the first meeting of the colonies
The Battle of Saratoga
this was a turning point for the patriots
The Battle of Yorktown
This was the last battle
Second Continental Congress
The second meeting of the colines
Lexington and Concord
The British won at Lexington but at Concord the Loyalists got destroyed
advantages of the patriots
The patriots were fighting for their beliefs the British were not
so the British didn't fight as hard
The patriots are fighting for their own land the British were not
So the colonists tried harder
The British were fighting for their king.
so they didn't try as hard
The colonist were fighting for their families.
The British did not have anything to lose
strong leaders
This helped the patriots fight
