PROCLAMATION OF 1763- REVOLUTIONARY WAR

*** Timeline 1763-1776 *** 1763 – Treaty of Paris – ended

French and Indian War & extended boundaries

1763 – Proclamation of 1763 – No settlement west of Appalachian Mtns

1764 – Sugar Act – marked the start new British policy ** Raising Taxes** -this begins the problems between the colonies and Gr. Britain

1765 – Quartering Act – Placed British soldiers in vacant Colonial homes

1765 – Stamp Act – tax on printed material * 1st direct tax *

(continued decline in relationship between Gr. Britain and colonies!)

1765 – Stamp Act Congress – 1st organized resistance to British policy “No taxation without representation”

Committees of Correspondence – system of Communication- newsletters kept the colonists informed

Stamp Act was repealed but…

1766 – Declaratory Act – stated Parliament had authority to make ALL laws for the colonies

1767 – Townshend Acts – tax on imported goods (necessities) -colonies began boycott

1770 – Boston Massacre – 5 colonists killed *Propaganda*

1773 – Boston Tea Party – Sons of Liberty dumped British tea into Boston harbor in protest

1774 – Intolerable Acts – passed to punish Mass. for rebellious activities

Sept. 1774 – First Continental Congress – Met in Philadelphia

1. Denounced Intolerable Acts

2. Form colonial militias 3. Boycott

4. Letter of complaint to king

April 1775 – Lexington and Concord – first shots of the Revolutionary War

Shots at Lexington and Concord

The Revolutionary War Begins

May 1775- The 2nd Continental Congress will become our make-shift govt. during the war

They began printing money to pay soldiers and established the postal system (Ben Franklin)

- They named George Washington Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army

Review: Sept. 1774- 1st Continental

Congress meets-sends letter of complaint to king-agrees to meet again later

May 1775- 2nd Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia

April 1775- (between the two meetings) bloodshed at Lex. And Concord

- June of 1775 – The Battle of Bunker Hill (Boston)

which was won by the British but the Americans fought hard “Dear bought victory”

They sent the Olive Branch Petition to the King in a last peace effort. It was rejected and the colonials were called rebels

1775- Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense in efforts to convince Americans to declare independence. (good propaganda)

Independence Hall- Philadelphia

Signing Room

Declaration of Independence Part I- Introduction Part II- Theories of the

purpose of government Part III- List of the abuses of

the king Part IV- Formal declaration of

American independence

National Archives

Declaration of Independence

Revolutionary War Battles Stage 1 – 1775-1776 – mainly

skirmishes and the British withdrew from Boston

Stage 2 – British gained control of NY and Philadelphia wanting to isolate New England

Battles of Princeton and Trenton – served as morale boosters and increased enlistment.

Washington Crossing The Delaware River- Dec.25,1777

Turning Point – 1777 Americans defeat the British at Saratoga – British never tried to operate away from the coast again. After this victory, the French promised more aid.

1777/1778 Winter – the Continental Army camped at Valley Forge to train soldiers (Von Steuben and Lafayette) and recuperate. They suffered a bitter cold winter and harsh conditions.

Valley Forge

Valley Forge

Washington’s Headquarters

The Southern Campaign – 1778 –The fighting shifted to the South where the British took Savannah and then took Charles Town (biggest British victory)

British Gen. Cornwallis took most of SC fairly easily until southern guerilla fighters began harassing British troops. (Francis Marion, Thomas Sumter, Andrew Pickens)

Nathaniel Greene and Daniel Morgan gained major victories against Cornwallis at King’s Mt. and Cowpens.

Battle of Yorktown -1781– The British surrendered (French Navy arrived)

Treaty of Paris- 1783

Banaster Tarleton

Francis Marion in S.C.

Historical Background Notes on Francis Marion As a key figure in the American Revolution, General

Francis Marion, best known as the “Swamp Fox,” surprise attacked the British forces in South Carolina, destroying communication and supply lines. Born in 1732 at Goatfield Plantation in St. John’s Parish, Berkley, he grew up in the swampland of South Carolina. This knowledge of the land would become a great benefit to him as the leader of a militia who hid in the swamps and lived off of the land.

Marion’s fighting career began when he fought the Cherokee in the Blue Ridge region of the state. He and his men fought in the famous battle of Sullivan’s Island or “The Battle of Fort Moultrie” as it became named for Colonel William Moultrie.

Due to a broken ankle, he left Charleston shortly before it fell into the hands of the British. Back home near the Santee River, Marion led a small militia made up mostly of farmers. There they would hide in the swamps of the Pee Dee during the day, surprise attack the British as they traveled between Charleston and Camden which were both conquered by the British, and retreated back to the swamps. The terrain of the swamps was unfamiliar to the British troops, thus giving Marion and his men an advantage. As Marion’s brigade attacked, they would steal goods and arms from the British and free American prisoners. It was at this time that British general Tarleton, is credited for giving Marion his nickname, Swamp Fox. After chasing Marion and his men for some twenty-six miles and arriving at Ox Swamp, he stopped and said “Come boys! Let’s go back and we will catch the Gamecock. But as for this d—d swamp fox, the Devil himself could not catch him!”