American Revolution Project by Maddie Croyle

French and Indian War

madelinecroyle — 2017-09-21 15:08:11 UTC

-The French and Indian War, fought between Britain and France in North America between 1756-1763. Also known as the 7 Years' War.
-Generally, France, Austria, Saxony, Sweden, and Russia against Prussia, Hanover, and Great Britain.
-It ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris of 1763 by Great Britain, France and Spain.

King George III

madelinecroyle — 2017-09-21 15:09:03 UTC

- He was the King of Great Britain and Ireland from October 25th, 1760 until the union of the two countries on January 1st, 1801; until his death.
-The Declaration of Independence laid out grievances against King George III for freedom, portraying George III as an tyrant which had ruined his plan to govern the colonies.
-The king was reluctant to come to terms with his army’s defeat at The Siege of Yorktown in 1781. He wrote an abdication speech but in the end decided to surrender to Parliament’s peace negotiations.

General George Washington

madelinecroyle — 2017-09-21 15:09:24 UTC

- General George Washington was the first President of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797.
-He was also commander in chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War
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Prior to his appointment as head of the Continental Army, Washington had never commanded a large army in the field

Lord Cornwallis

madelinecroyle — 2017-09-21 15:09:46 UTC

-Lord Cornwallis led several successful early campaigns during the American Revolution. He secured British victories at New York, Brandywine, and Camden.

-The final major conflict of the American Revolution was when he moved his forces to Virginia, where he was defeated at the Battle of Yorktown. Cornwallis surrendered his troops to George Washington which lead America to victory.

-He served under Sir Henry Clinton during the American Revolution in the successful campaign to capture New York, and led the pursuit across New Jersey.

Paul Revere

madelinecroyle — 2017-09-21 15:10:03 UTC

-Commissioned as a second Lieutenant, Revere participated during 1756 in the failed expedition against Crown Point.

-He took part in the Boston Tea Party and was principal rider for Boston's committee of Safety.
-Joseph Warren told Revere and William Dawes that the king's troops were about to embark in boats from Boston Bound for Cambridge and the road to Lexington and Concord.

John Adams

madelinecroyle — 2017-09-21 15:10:19 UTC

-Along with Thomas Jefferson, one of only two signers of the Declaration of Independence to later become President of the United States.

-He was an Erudite lawyer from Massachusetts and an passionate supporter of the revolution.

-Helped Virginia pass its state constitution in the summer of 1776.

John Hancock

madelinecroyle — 2017-09-21 15:10:40 UTC

-Served more than two years in Continental Congress in Philadelphia.
-Was on of Boston's Leaders during the crisis that led to the outbreak of the American Revolution.
-First to sign the Declaration of Independence in his position of president of Congress.

Thomas Jefferson

madelinecroyle — 2017-09-21 15:10:56 UTC

-Author of the Declaration of Independence and the Statue of Virginia for Religious Freedoms.
-At age 33, he was one of the youngest delegates to the Second Continental Congress.
-During the American Revolution he was elected governor of Virginia and after the war, was appointed minister to France.

Benjamin Franklin

madelinecroyle — 2017-09-21 15:11:06 UTC

-Part of the 5 member committee that helped draft the Declaration of Independence.
-Congress sent Franklin to France to obtain that nation's help with the revolutionary war.
-Only Founding Father to have signed all four key documents establishing the United States: The Declaration of Independence, the Treaty of Alliance with France, the Treaty of Paris, and the U.S. Constitution.

Thomas Paine

madelinecroyle — 2017-09-21 15:11:16 UTC

-His highly popular "Common Sense" was the first pamphlet to promote American Independence.
-Helped shape many of the ideas that marked the Age of Revolution.
-Paine immigrated to Philadelphia in 1774 and soon became acquainted with advocates of political change.

Proclamation of 1763

madelinecroyle — 2017-09-21 15:12:23 UTC

-issued in 1763 by King George III following Great Britain's addition of French Territory in North America after the Seven Years' War.
-It forbade all settlement past a line across the Appalachian Mountains for the Native Americans and the Colonists.
-In the centuries since the Proclamation, it has become one of the cornerstones of Native American Law in the United States and Canada.

Declaration of Independence

madelinecroyle — 2017-09-21 15:12:52 UTC

-Adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House.
-Written by Thomas Jefferson declaring independence from Great Britain and stating grievances against KIng George III.
-America was no longer under British rule after the Declaration of Independence and instead the thirteen colonies came together as a new country.

Stamp Act

madelinecroyle — 2017-09-21 15:13:21 UTC

-Passed by British Parliament in 1765. Tax imposed on all American colonist that they must have a stamp on every printed piece of paper they had.
-Was used to help pay for the British troops in the Colonies stationed there for the Seven Years' War.
-Employed a fundraiser common in England, it caused many protests in the colonies.

Tea Act

madelinecroyle — 2017-09-21 15:13:32 UTC

-Main purpose was not to raise revenue from the colonies but to bail out the struggling East India company, a key factor in the British Economy.
-Passed by Parliament in 1773 would begin the final revolutionary movement in the British Economy.
-Group of taxes imposed on the colonies by Britain called the Townshend Acts.

Sugar Act

madelinecroyle — 2017-09-21 15:13:36 UTC

-Also known as the American Revenue Act of 1764 was a revenue raising act passed by Parliament of Great Britain in 1764.
-An extension on the Molasses Act in 1733 which was supposed to end in 1763.
-The goal was to raise money to help Great Britain pay off debts from the war.

Boston Tea Party

madelinecroyle — 2017-09-21 15:13:54 UTC

-Protest by the American Colonists against the British because of the tea taxes imposed on them.
-This protest involved British Colonists throwing chests of tea off of British trade ships with the permission of the captains into the Boston Harbor. The colonists were also dressed in Native American costumes to mock the French and Indian War or Seven Years' War.
-The total cost of the tea dumped into the harbor would be around $1,700,000 worth and about 90,000 pounds of tea.

1st Continental Congress

madelinecroyle — 2017-09-21 15:14:11 UTC

-The first Continental Congress took place between September 5th, 1774 and October 26th, 1774 in Philadelphia at Carpenter's Hall.
-It had 12 out of 13 of the colonies' delegates at an early stage of the American Revolution.
-They agreed to revisit the situations of a Revolution again in a year but did not make it that long.

2nd Continental Congress

madelinecroyle — 2017-09-21 15:14:36 UTC

-After 6 months, from the First Continental Congress meeting saying they were going to wait a year, they revisited again about the Revolution.
-Managed the Colonial was effort and moved closer to independence. they adopted the United States Declaration of Independence at this meeting.
-The main issue debated at the Second Continental Congress was whether or not to declare independence from Britain.

Boston Massacre

madelinecroyle — 2017-09-21 15:15:52 UTC

-March 5, 1770 when British Soldiers opened fire on a group of American Colonists killing five men.
-British Troops in the Massachusetts Bay Colony were there to stop demonstrations against the Townshend Acts and keep order, but instead provoked outrage.
-There were about 4,000 British Troops and 20,000 English Colonists at the time of the incident.

Lexington and Concord

madelinecroyle — 2017-09-21 15:16:13 UTC

-The First Revolutionary Battle was when British Troops are sent to confiscate colonial weapons when they run into an untrained and angry militia in April, 1775.
-Paul Revere and William Dawes rode to warn the villages on the route to Concord and the Congress.
-The British killed several minutemen and advanced to Concord, where they destroyed some military supplies.

Battle of Saratoga

madelinecroyle — 2017-09-21 15:16:29 UTC

-Turning point in Revolutionary war. Victory is made clear by a few key facts: on October 17, 1777; 5,895 British Hessian troops surrendered.
-Marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign giving a decisive victory to the Americans over British in the American Revolutionary war.
-The British's plan during The Battle of Saratoga was to split the 13 colonies apart.

Siege of Yorktown

madelinecroyle — 2017-09-21 15:16:48 UTC

-Ending on October 19, 1781, in Yorktown, VA. It was a decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington and French Army troops.
-Though the British still had 26,000 troops in North America after Yorktown, their will to win the war was nothing like it had been before Yorktown because of how long the war took and how expensive it was.
-The reason Cornwallis was in Yorktown was because he had been ordered by Clinton during the summer to provide a safe harbor for the British fleet in the lower Chesapeake Bay.

Treaty of Paris

madelinecroyle — 2017-09-21 15:21:28 UTC

-Ended the American Revolution and declared independence for America.
-The Continental Congress named a five member commission to negotiate a treaty. The people in this commission was: John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, and Henry Laurens.
-Signed by U.S. and British Representatives ending the war for good.