American Revolution1754-1783

Major ThemesFrench & Indian WarBritish Colonial PoliciesColonial ResistanceDeclaration of IndependenceWar of RevolutionPost American Society

French and Indian WarIdentify the cause of the French and Indian

War.Explain the significance of the Albany Plan of

Union.Analyze the result of the French and Indian

War.

French & Indian War

French and Indian War French and Indian Wars

1. Nine Years War (1688-1697)2. War of Spanish Succession (1702-1713)3. War of Austrian Succession (1744-1748)4. Seven Year’s War (1754-1763)

Ohio River Valley1. Fort Duquesne2. Robert Dinwiddie3. George Washington

Albany Conference1. Colonial meeting with Iroquois2. Albany Plan of Union

General Edward Braddock Seven Years War William Pitt Battle of Quebec Treaty of Paris (1763)

French & Indian War QuestionsWhich two sides were fighting each other in the

French & Indian War?What caused the start of the war?What was the significance of the Albany

Conference?What is the Seven Year’s War?What was considered the turning point of the

French and Indian War?What acquisitions did Great Britain gain from

the Treaty of Paris 1763? Why was Spain involved in the treaty?

British Colonial PoliciesDescribe how did the British government

hope to solve its financial problems caused by the cost of the French and Indian War.

Explain how the Stamp Act affected the relationship between Britain and the colonies.

Analyze the colonial response to the British policies.

Post Treaty of Paris 1763Economic problem for Great BritainProclamation Act of 1763

1. Pontiac’s Rebellion2. British officials had been expecting conflict3. enraged farmers and land speculators

George Grenville1. vice admiralty courts2. American Revenue Act (Sugar Act) 17643. James Otis4. Currency Act of 1764

Quartering Act 1764

Stamp Act CrisisStamp Act 1765

1. royal stamp on all printed materials2. first direct tax

Sons of LibertyStamp Act Congress

1. Declaration of Rights and Grievances2. boycotts3. nonimportation agreements

Stamp Act Repeal 1766Declaratory Act

Townshend ActsCharles Townshend, Chancellor of the

ExchequerRevenue Act 1767

1. tax on tea, glass, paper, paint2. writs of assistance

Virginia ResolvesDaughters of LibertyBoston Massacre

1. March 5, 17702. Symbol of British tyranny

Review QuestionsWhy did the British want its colonies to form

an alliance with the Iroquois?What policies did the British government

adopt to help pay its debts from the French and Indian War?

What acts did Parliament pass to raise money to pay for the government’s expenses in America?

How did colonists react to the Townshend Acts?

Colonial ResistanceDescribe ways in which Massachusetts

continued to defy Britain after the repeal of the Townshend Acts

Summarize the first battles between Britain and the colonies.

Massachusetts Boston Massacre Gaspee Affair Committees of correspondence Boston Tea Party

1. Lord North2. British East India Company3. Tea Act 1773

Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts)1. Port of Boston2. Appointment of positions3. jury trials4. lodging of troops5. Quebec Act

First Continental Congress1. Philadephia (1774)2. Declaration of Rights and Grievances

RevolutionMassachusetts Provincial CongressMinutemenLoyalists (Tories)

1. government officials, ministers, landowners2. NY, Carolina, Georgia

Patriots (Whigs)1. artisans, merchants, planters2. New England and Virginia

Lexington & Concord1. orders2. Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Dr. Samuel Prescott3. “the shot heard around the world”

Massachusetts Provincial Congress Minute men Tories

1. Government officials2. Ministers3. Yeomen farmers

Whigs Lexington and Concord

1. orders2. Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Dr. Samuel Prescott3. “the shot heard around the world”

Second Continental Congress1. defense2. general

Battle of Bunker Hill

Pre-Revolutionary War Battles

Decision for Independencepublic opinionOlive Branch PetitionProclamation for Suppressing Rebellion and

SeditionProhibitory ActCommon Sense

1. Thomas Paine2. Attacked King George III

Review QuestionsWhat were the Intolerable Acts?Why was the American Revolution also a civil

war?In what ways did the Continental Congress

act like a government?

War for IndependenceDescribe the strategies behind the Northern

Campaign.Identify and explain the key battles in the

American Revolutionary War.Summarize the scope of the war and the

terms of the Treaty of Paris.

Opposing SidesGeneral William Howe

1. 32,000 troops2. advantages

Continental Army“Continentals”Robert Morrisguerrilla warfarestrategy

Northern CampaignGeneral Howe’s Strategy

1. military2. diplomacy

Battle of New York City1. largest battle of the war2. numerous escapes3. Nathan Hale

Battles of Trenton and Princeton1. Crossing the Delaware River2. food & supplies

Burgoyne’s StrategyGeneral John Burgoyne

1. three pronge strategy2. isolate New England

Philadelphia CampaignValley Forge

1. Friedrich von Steuben2. Marquis de Lafayette

Battle of Saratoga1. turning point2. role of Benedict Arnold

Western CampaignOhio RiverGeorge Rogers Clark (1778)Native American Involvement

1. Chief Joseph Brandt2. Cherokee

War at Sea strategy letters of marque John Paul Jones

1. Bonhomme Richard2. Serapis

Southern CampaignGeneral Sir Henry ClintonSavannah (1778)Charleston (1780)The Battle of King’s MountainFrancis MarionYorktown

1. General Charles Cornwallis2. Treaty of Paris

Treaty of Paris 1783

QuestionsWhat disadvantages did the British troops and

the Continental Army face in the war?Why was the British surrender at Saratoga a

turning point in the War for Independence?Why was the power of the Iroquois and

Cherokee people destroyed?How did Americans attack the British at sea?Why did the British focus their attention on the

South?Why did the British fear their time was running

out to win and end the war?

Distinctive American SocietyDescribe the features of the political system

of the United States set up after the Revolutionary War.

Explain the position of women and African Americans in the new political system.

New Political Ideasrepublic

1. European view2. power3. constitutional republic

John Adams1. feared true democracy2. Bicameral legislature

Enfranchisement1. right to vote2. right to hold office

“ecclesiastical tryanny”

American SocietyRole of women

1. Molly Pitcher2. Margaret Corbin3. advancements4. Judith Sargent Murray

– “On Equality of the Sexes”

African Americans1. emancipation2. worship3. Manumission

Loyalists

American CulturenationalismArt

1. John Trumbull2. Charles Wilson Peale

educated public

QuestionsWhat ideas did John Adams promote for the

country’s new republican government?What advances did women make after the

war ended?How did elementary education in America

change after the war?