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OTHER II
CAUSES
PEOPLE BATTLES
Sources
D.O.I.Final Jeopardy
Person that was loyal to Britain and
opposed independence
Person that wanted independence from
Britain and was willing to fight for it
2,000 Continental soldiers lost their
lives at this camp in the winter of 1777-
1778
Colonial phrase that came out of the Stamp
Act
Reason the British decided to move the war to the South towards its
end
George Washington was their leader,
fought on their own land, controlled
countryside, fighting a people’s movement
– determination
More experienced and better equipped army, more soldiers,
more funds, controlled cities easily, help from Native Americans
States began to do this as a result of the American Revolution
How does British style of fighting differ
from Continental style of fighting?
Name one European group that fought
with the British and one that fought with
the Continental army.
5 colonists were killed when British
soldiers opened fire on a group of
colonists – Revere does an engraving
Said the colonists cannot
go past the Appalachian Mountains
Tax on all printed materials –
newspapers, pamphlets, playing
cards, etc.
Closed Boston Harbor, forced
colonists to house troops, and forbade
town meetings – done in reaction to Boston
Tea Party
The Tea Act/Tax forced colonial tea
to be more expensive by not taxing tea from this company
Commander-in-chief of the Continental
Army
Rode twice as far as Paul Revere to warn that the British were
coming
Trained the Continental Army at
Valley Forge
Famous American traitor – helped the Continental
army to win the Battle of Ticonderoga, but later tried unsuccessfully to surrender West Point to
the British
British general who surrendered at
Yorktown to end the American Revolution
First battles of the American Revolution,
called “the shot heard round the
world”
Colonial loss where the colonists were told not to fire
until they see the whites of their eyes
Last battle of the American Revolution
Turning point of the war – after this Patriot win the
French decided to help the Patriots
Battle of Trenton:
100 – date of attack
100 – who attacked whom?
100 – key to success?
100 – who won?
100 – impact of this victory?
Type of source that comes from the
actual event – quote, speech, picture,
diary, letter
Source not from the actual event –
encyclopedia, movie, book
Main author of the DOI
Purpose of the DOI
The 3 Enlightenment ideas in the DOI
US government is a mixture of what 2
democracies?
How did the American Revolution influence
this?
NO TAXATION WITHOUT
REPRESENTATION
MORE LOYALISTS THERE
COLONIAL ADVANTAGES
BRITISH ADVANTAGES
WRITE THEIR OWN CONSTITUTIONS
BRITISH – ORGANIZED, SET FORMATIONS, RANKED FIRING
IN OPEN AREAS
CONTINENTAL – AMBUSH, QUICK SKIRMISHES AND
RETREATS, GUERILLA WARFARE
HESSIANS FOUGHT WITH BRITISH
PRUSSIANS AND FRENCH FOUGHT
WITH CONTINENTALS
PROCLAMATION OF 1763
INTOLERABLE OR COERCIVE ACTS
EAST INDIA TRADING COMPANY
GEORGE WASHINGTON
FRIEDRICH VON STEUBEN
GENERAL CORNWALLIS
LEXINGTON AND CONCORD
BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL
BATTLE OF YORKTOWN
BATTLE OF SARATOGA
- DECEMBER 25, 1776
- CONTINENTAL ARMY ATTACKED HESSIANS
- SURPRISE ATTACK, AMBUSH, ATTACK ENEMY WHILE NOT PREPARED
- CONTINENTAL ARMY WINS
- SOLDIERS REENLIST, WASHINGTON A HERO, SAVES PHILADELPHIA AND ARMY, GIVES COLONISTS HOPE
TO JUSTIFY THE COLONISTS REVOLT
AGAINST GREAT BRITAIN
1. All people have natural rights – life, liberty and pursuit of happiness
2. All governments purpose should be to protect people’s rights
3. If governments do not protect people’s rights, they should overthrow their government.
DIRECT AND REPRESENTATIVE
NO REPRESENTATION IN THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT MADE
COLONISTS CHOOSE DEMOCRACIES THAT
GUARANTEED THE PEOPLE SPECFIC RIGHTS AND A VOICE
IN THEIR GOVERNMENT