Revolutionary War

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Revolutionary War

• By Chad Baker
• 5th grade

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Important things in the war

• What lead up to the war
• Major Battles of the war
• What Happened after the war

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Why did the Revolutionary War ever happen?

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What lead up to the War?

• The US was still under British rule
• This meant that the King could do whatever he
  wanted to do with the colonist in America
• So he raised taxes

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What lead up to the War?

• Heavy taxes
• on sugar, tea, and other important items
• Boston Tea Party
• December 16, 1773
• Declaration of Independence
• 1976

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Some of the Taxes

• Townshend act
• Taxed goods like glass, paper, silk, lead, and
  tea. Also set up new ways to collect taxes

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Some of the Taxes

• Sugar act
• Replaced an earlier tax that had been put on
  molasses that had been in effect for years.

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Boston Tea Party

• A raid by American colonists on British ships in
  Boston Harbor.

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Boston Tea Party

• stirred up bad feelings between the colonists and
  the British Government.
• Lead up to the War

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Declaration of Independence

• We didnt want to follow British rule anymore!!!

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Declaration of Independence

• Drafted by Thomas Jefferson
• Signed July 4, 1776 by representatives
• Stated that we were independent from British
  rule!!

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Major Battles

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Battle of Lexington

• This was the first battle of the Revolutionary
  war.
• There were about 70 American soldiers to nearly
  600 British soldiers.

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Battle of Bunker Hill

• First MAJOR battle of the war
• British defeated the Americans

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Battle of Bunker Hill

• This battle proved that the Americans could fight
  bravely in battle.
• This battle was the bloodiest battle of the war

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Battle of Saratoga

• Turning point of the war
• Ended the British threat to New England

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Battle of Saratoga

• Boosted Americans spirits

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Battle of Yorktown

• Last major battle of the Revolution
• September 1781, over 18,000 French and American
  forces encircled the British
• Fighting continued in some small areas.

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What Happened after the war?

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Treaty of Paris

• Treaty of Paris was signed 8 years to the month
  after the first shot were fired at the battle of
  Lexington

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Treaty of Paris

• This treaty recognized the United States as an
  independent nation.

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Articles of Confederation

• Defined the rights of Citizens
• Defined the power of government

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Articles of Confederation

• Main reason was to have a government that could
  defend its self from other countries

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Constitution

• A revised Articles of Confederation
• The government was run for and by the people

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Constitution

• Three branches
• Legislative House and Senate
• Judicial courts
• Executive President

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What does all of this mean to us?

• Gives us the freedoms that we enjoy everyday
• Set a Standard for American life
• Put a control on taxes and government

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Quiz Time

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What was the last battle of the Revolutionary
war?

• Battle of Bunker Hill
• Yorktown
• Pear Harbor

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Review

• In October of 1781 the British General Cornwallis
  surrendered to the US forces to end the battle of
  Yorktown, and the Revolutionary war.
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Which of these was a reason for the Revolutionary
war?

• Boston Tea Party
• Battle of Saratoga
• constitution

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The Boston Tea Party was a raid by American
colonists on British ships in Boston Harbor. This
was one of many things which stirred up bad
feelings between the colonists and the British
Government and soon led to the Revolutionary
War.Click here to go back to the question
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