THE BOURGEOIS REVOLUTIONS: THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION by Laura Laguardia https://padlet.com/lauralaguardia/Bookmarks C2 Laura Laguardia en-us 2020-03-25 15:04:23 UTC 2021-12-23 11:24:46 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/26d3.png CAUSES lauralaguardia https://padlet.com/lauralaguardia/Bookmarks/wish/1961894993
- The colonists were familiar with Enlightenment thinking about liberty and equality. These ideas became the basis for the independence movement.
- The causes of the revolution, of the American War, were ideological, political and economic. 
- In response, the British government sent troops to Boston and closed the port. This event marked the beginning of the conflict.
- The colonies refused to pay these taxes. There were various protests, such as the 1773 Baston Tea party in which a group of colonists threw a cargo of tea into the sea in Boston.
]]> 2021-12-23 10:52:58 UTC https://padlet.com/lauralaguardia/Bookmarks/wish/1961894993 Historical events lauralaguardia https://padlet.com/lauralaguardia/Bookmarks/wish/1961910195 - Trenton - Washington and his army moved to New Jersey. A few months later they crossed the Delaware River (as shown in Trumbull's oil painting) to assault a British garrison.

- Princeton - Alerted, the Americans retreated toward Princeton. After a skirmish in which American General Mercer was mortally wounded.

- Saratoga - General Burgoyne launched from Canada a major offensive against the northern colonies. On the way the British were harassed by American militiamen and Washington troops. 

Yorktown - upon learning that the main British army, under Cornwallis, had concentrated at Yorktown, Washington established a siege of the place with the French General Rochambeau.]]> 2021-12-23 11:11:54 UTC https://padlet.com/lauralaguardia/Bookmarks/wish/1961910195 Main characters of the revolutionary process lauralaguardia https://padlet.com/lauralaguardia/Bookmarks/wish/1961913997 - On March 22, 1765, the British parliament passed the Stamp Act, which for the first time established a tax on the British colonies in America.
- Britain had the support of the Loyalists, American colonists who remained loyal to the British crown during the war and offered to take up arms against the revolution.

]]> 2021-12-23 11:16:02 UTC https://padlet.com/lauralaguardia/Bookmarks/wish/1961913997 Consequences lauralaguardia https://padlet.com/lauralaguardia/Bookmarks/wish/1961916032 - In the second stage, the colonists’ military victory at the Battle of Saratoga led France and Spain to offer them support. As a result, the two sides were more closely matched in military terms.
- Great Britain recognised American independence and the birth of the United States in the 1783 Treaty of Versailles.
- In 1787, the United States Constitution was adopted. This established a federal republic based on the Enlightenment principles of equality and liberty.
-The United States became a symbol for the struggle for liberty and equality in other countries. It also showed that it was possible to put Enlightenment ideas into practice.

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