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(Important events of the Revolutionary war (The Declaration of…
Important events of the Revolutionary war
The Declaration of Independence the document that made America America
All of the wars Lexington & Concord, Surrender at Yorktown, Battle of Saratoga, and French & Indian War.
The Boston Tea party was the result of taxes.
The Boston Massacre 5 Bostonian's were killed by british forces.
The First Continental Congress.
The Shot heard round the world: no one knows exactly who fired it
The Ride Of Paul Revere: Paul Revere set out on horse back to warn the militia that the British were coming.
The Second Continental Congress: They Are still trying to unify.
The Continental Army: The colonies established the continental army at the second continental congress.
Causes of the Revolutionary War
Taxes: England taxed the colonies to pay off war debt from the French and Indian war (Tea Act, Stamp act, Townshend act, Sugar act, intolerable acts)
British Governors had complete control over the colonies.
Colonists had to obey British laws
Great Britain wanted strict control over colonial legislatures.
The colonies couldn't trade freely, England had strict control over the trade
The colonies had no representation in Parliament
Quartering act : British soldiers were living in the colonists houses.
The Treaty Of Paris
Britain agrees to remove all of their troops.
America is officially recognized as a free and independent nation.
It set new territory boundaries for the U.S.
America agrees to pay all existing war debts.
America will not punish any loyalists in the colonies.
Advantages that the Patriots had
They were defending their own land.
The colonists were defending their own beliefs.
They colonists were defending their own princeples
The colonists had French aid such as money, supplies, and military aid.
They had strong leadership e.g. John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, Benjamin Franklin, and George Washinton
The British had an extremely difficult task they had to persuade the Americans To give up their claims of independence.