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Home of the Brave
1767-1783War for Independence
1775-1783(Revolutionary War)
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William Pitt the ElderPrime Minister of Great Britain
He planned to lift trade restrictions on the colonies to boostprivate enterprise and thus increase the amount of taxmoney sent to Britain without punishing the colonists.
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Charles TownshendChancellor of the Exchequer (Secretary of Treasury)Came to power after William Pitt became severely ill.
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Townshend Acts Colonies should pay their fair share of
taxes to support the British empire. Taxes on colonial imports from Britain,
including paper, paints, lead, glass and tea Established a board of customs to oversee
the collection of taxes & create courts totry customs dodgers without a jury.
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Writs of Assistance
Special documents that allowed Britishofficials to search American ships andbuildings for smuggled goods.
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Reaction of the Colonies
Insisted they should be protected fromtaxation without representation
Circulated pamphlets & letters voicingopposition
Resorted to boycotts, and refused toimport British goods
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Boston MassacreConflict in Boston that began with a group of boys throwing
snowballs at a British sentry. He called for help, and Britishsoldiers came running. An angry crowd began to harass thesoldiers. In the confrontation, someone ordered the soldiers tofire. Three Bostonians were killed and two others were mortally
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Thomas Gage
Commander of all British forces in North America. He moved his troops out ofBoston to islands in the bay to calm thepeople of Boston after the Bostonmassacre
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John Adams and Josiah Quincy
Two Boston lawyers who agreed to defendthe British soldiers involved in the BostonMassacre.
At the trial, six soldiers were set free whiletwo were found guilty of manslaughter andgiven light sentences.
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Repeal of the TownshendActs
All of the Townshend Acts wererepealed except the tax on tea.
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Committee of Correspondence
The first one formed in 1772 in Boston.This committee of 21 men keptneighboring towns informed of problemswith England and let Americas position beknown to the world.
Soon committees of correspondence wereorganized throughout the colonies
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Boston Tea PartyOn the night of December 16, 1773, a band of patriots
disguised as Indians boarded ships in the Boston harborand broke open 340 tea chests and dumped them into the
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Intolerable Acts
Parliament decided to punish the colonistsfor the Boston Tea party with a series oflaws that were designed to bring thecolonists under control
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Quartering Act
made it legal for British officials to quarterBritish soldiers in occupied buildings
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Boston Port Bill
closed the port of Boston to all commerce
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Colonists Reaction
Rather than dividing the colonists, theIntolerable Acts caused unity to develop inthe colonies
People throughout the colonies sent reliefto Boston when they heard the Boston portwas closed.
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Quebec Act
Cancelled the colonies western landclaims by extending the borders ofQuebec south to the Ohio River and westto the Mississippi. It recognizedCatholicism as the official religion inQuebec
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First Continental CongressPhiladelphia September 5, 1774
Delegates from each colony (except GA) met to discuss
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Declaration and Resolves
A statement adopted by the firstContinental Congress on October 14, 1774
It outlined colonial objections to theIntolerable Acts, listed a colonial bill ofrights, and provided a detailed list ofgrievances.
Recognized the authority of the king, but noauthority of Parliament over the colonies.
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Reaction in England to the FirstContinental Congress
The actions of the First ContinentalCongress seemed unimportant in England.
Parliament, Lord North, and George IIIwere determined to rule America as theypleased and by force, if necessary.
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Patrick HenryMade a speech to the Virginia House of Burgesses on
March 28, 1775.He summed up the American spirit with his conclusion: I
know not what course others may take; but as for me, giveme liberty, or give me death!
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Minutemen
Volunteer militia for the colonies. They had to be ready to defend their
homes and families upon a minutesnotice.
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April 18, 1775
General Gage prepared about 700 troopsto arrest patriot leaders John Hancock andSamuel Adams in Lexington and tocapture the ammunition stores at Concord.
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Paul Revere, William Dawes, & Dr.Samuel Prescott
Rode through the night to warn their countrymen that theBritish were coming.
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April 19, 1775
First shots of the War for Independencewere fired in the morning
British troops met 70 minutemen in thevillage of Lexington
a shot heard round the world It is not known who fired the first shot. 93 Americans died that day, but the British
lost 273 men.
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Lemuel Haynes 21 year old black man who was one of the
Massachusetts Minutemen. The Lordprotected him from the war and he lived tobecome a great revival preacher in NewEngland.
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Ethan AllenGreen Mountain Boys
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Fort TiconderogaCaptured by Ethan Allen & the Green Mountain Boys
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Second Continental CongressMay 10, 1775 (convened in Philadelphia)
John Hancock was elected president of the Second
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George WashingtonCommander in Chief of the army
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Battle of Bunker HillFirst major battle of the war. Although the British won the
battle, they suffered many casualties and saw that thePatriots could fight with fierce determination
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Olive Branch Petition
Many Americans wanted to avoid a warand split from the Mother country. This
desire is reflected in the The OliveBranch Petition, which was sent toGeorge III asking him to come to
reasonable terms and promising loyaltyin return.
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Foreign Troops
King George III refused to listen to America s repeated pleas for a peaceful
resolution. He was determined to bring thecolonies under control. He had a hard timeconvincing his subjects to fight against the
Patriots, however, because manyEnglishmen believed the colonists were
right. So the king hired foreign troops to fightfor Britain.
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Prohibitory Act
In December 1775, England issued theProhibitory Act, which removed Britishprotection from the colonies.
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Thomas PainePublished the pamphlet entitled Common Sense
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Common Sense
Gave the colonists a detailed account ofEnglish liberties and the abuses of themonarchy and Parliament.
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Richard Henry Lee
Presented amomentous resolution
to the ContinentalCongress on June 7,
1776.
D l ti f I d d
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Declaration of IndependenceJuly 4, 1776
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Prepared by a committee led by ThomasJefferson
The most important human statement of political principles in the history of theworld
Secured the freedom of America
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The Declaration of Independence openlyrecognizes that God created all men, andthat they have the right to be treated withdignity due Gods special creation.This includes:
1.Respect for Human life and privateproperty
2.Equality before the law3.Responsible liberty
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Americans had inherited their love ofliberty from a long history of Englishtradition