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The American Revolutionary War ~by Sofia Gatti - Coggle Diagram
The American
Revolutionary War
~by Sofia Gatti
Do you know what is a colony?
It is a region under the control of another country, usually far from the colony.
They are founded and colonized by people from the motherland, but there may be settlers from other countries.
Introduction
The American Revolution was a war where Britain's 13 colonies in America gained independence and the colonies became the United States.
The war began in 1775 and ended in 1783
Background
Previously the colonies had much more freedom. The British government was a long way off: over the ocean!
The colonies had their own leaders and they learn to solve their problems.
Britain did not pay much attention to the colonies because it was often at war
The seven years war
In the 1760s, Britain tried to control the colonies. One of the reasons for this change was the French-Indian War where Britain defeated France. This war, however, was very expensive so...
Taxes
in 1765 the British passed the Stamp Act, where all stamp material was to be produced in London bearing a stamp. The settlers protested against the tax because the British government taxed them even though they had no representatives in Parliament.
In 1767, the Townshend Acts taxed tea, painting,
paper and sugar
and the glass that enters colonial ports.
To maintain order, the British government sent soldiers to Boston, Massachusetts.
In 1770 the British government fired on the crowd, this event is known as the Boston Massacre.
In 1773 Britain passed a law that allowed a British company to sell tea more cheaply than colonial merchants. As a protest, colonists boarded British ships in Boston Harbor and threw their cargo of tea into the water. This event became known as the
Boston Tea Party
.
Intolerable Acts and
the Continental Congress
The British government then passed laws that were more severe. The colonists called them the Intolerable Acts. (for example, the British king, George III, closed the port of Boston until the colonists paid for the tea they had ruined!). In 1774 representatives from every colony (but not Georgia) met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This meeting was called the Continental Congress. The representatives asked Britain to cancel the Intolerable Acts. The British government answered by sending more military troops.
Early Battles
They formed
groups of soldiers called
minutemen
. The minutemen were to be ready to fight
at a minute’s warning.
The Battles of Lexington and Concord began the American Revolution in April 1775. During the first battle a group of
minutemen met the British in Lexington. After a short fight, the British moved
on to Concord. Another group of American soldiers
forced them to turn back.
The Second Continental Congress
and the battle of Bunker Hill
The Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia in 1775. It brought together the military forces of the colonies to form the Continental Army, called the American Army. George Washington, head of the army, spent a lot of time preparing his troops for battle. In the meantime, an important battle took place at Bunker Hill, near Boston.The British captured Bunker Hill but they lost so many soldiers that the colonists claimed victory
Fighting for Independence
On July 4th 1776, the Continental Congress approved the Declaration of independence. With this document, the 13 colonies became the United States of America.
The Battle of Saratoga and
the Final Battle in Yorktown
In 1777 during the Battle of Saratoga, General Gates led the American Army to a great victory over the British. The victory helped to bring France, Spain and the Dutch Republic into the war on the side of the new United States. The Battle of Saratoga and the Final Battle in Yorktown
The last major battle of the American
Revolutionary war was at Yorktown where the British army surrendered to the Americans. However, there were still many clashes for two more years.
The Treaty of Paris and
the Constitution of the USA
The peace treaty to end the war was signed by the British and Americans in 1782. It took 10 months to work out all of the details of the final treaty….
By signing the treaty, Britain agreed that the United States was an independent country. The end of the war did not unite all 13 states under one government. Several years of debate and negotiations were required before a Constitution was drafted that all states would accept.
