Key Events of the American Revolution

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Key Events of the American Revolution

• 1775-1783

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2nd Continental Congress

• Washington appointed as commander of Continental
  Army

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2nd Continental Congress

• Olive Branch Petition professed loyalty to the
  crown and begged the king to prevent further
  hostilities
• King proclaimed colonies in rebellion in August
  of 1775

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Revolution in the North
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Fort Ticonderoga Crown Point
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Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775
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Thomas Paine Common Sense, 1776

• Persuaded colonists to seek independence
• Republicanism government by the people

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Declaration of IndependenceJuly 4, 1776
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Patriots v. Loyalists

• Reluctant revolutionaries
• 1/3 1/3 1/3

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Battles of Trenton Princeton
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Battle of Saratoga

• One of most decisive battles of history

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Winter Quarters at Valley Forge

• Baron von Steuben Prussian drill master who
  whipped rabble into professional army

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Articles of Confederation

• 1st Constitution

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Joseph Brant

• Mohawk chief sided with the British bloody
  year on the frontier
• Treaty of Ft. Stanwix was 1st treaty between US
  Indian nation Indians ceded most of their land
  (are you surprised?)

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John Paul Jones and the navy

• Chief contribution was in destroying British
  merchant shipping
• Privateers (private merchant ships) were more
  effective captured 600 British prizes

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War in the South
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Battle of Yorktown

• The surrender Cornwallis cornered by Washington
  while French Admiral DeGrasse blockaded them at
  sea

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Treaty of Paris, 1783

• Three negotiators Ben Franklin, John Adams, and
  John Jay
• Very generous terms Britain eager to keep US
  out of the arms of France!
• Recognized independence of US

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Reconciliation Between Britannia and Her Daughter
America
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EFFECTS

• Political Revolution
• Social Revolution
• An American Identity

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Political Revolution

• Republican ideology
• New state constitutions
• Articles of Confederation

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Social Revolution

• Equality weakened old habits of deference
• Paradox of slavery
• Status of women
• Freedom of religion

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Emergence of an American Culture

• Independence Day (July 2, 1776)
• Education
• Americas destiny sense of mission (call world
  toward liberty equality)