1. Flashback
What two places did the French
primarily colonize in America?

2. Agenda
• Flashback
• Pretest
• Introduction to the American Revolution

3. Pretest
• List THREE causes of the American Revolution?
• Where were the first shots fired during the American
Revolution?
• Who was at war?
• List THREE battles that occurred in the American Revolution?

4. Exit Slip
What did you learn today?
Why was it important?

5. Flashback
What were the Navigation Acts?

6. Causes of the
American
Revolutionary War

7. French and Indian War
• France and Britain had been at war in Europe
• They fought over land north of the Ohio River
• Britian allied with the Native Americans

8. French and Indian War
• Results
• Albany Plan of Union-first suggestion that the colonies should
form a central government
• “Seven Years War”
• Treaty of Paris: eliminated French power in the colonies

9. The Proclamation of 1763
• Britain needed to deal with the growing Native
American hostilities against colonies
• Britain established land west of the Appalachian
mountains for the Native Americans

10. The Proclamation of 1763
• Colonist
• Who already lived in these lands were made to leave
• Wanted to expand the colonies
• Were outraged at the betrayal of their government

11. Taxation Without
Representation
• The French and Indian War left Britain greatly in debt.
• King George III raised money to pay back Britain’s war debt by
taxing the colonists.
• However, the colonists did not have representatives in
Britain’s government.

12. Sugar Act
• Taxed the sale of all raw sugar and similar goods
• Merchants were angered because it hurt trade
• Colonist argues it violated traditional English Rights

13. The Stamp Act
• Put a tax on almost all printed goods
• Results
• First direct tax placed on the colonies by Britain
• Sons of Liberty: group that organized to protest the stamp Act
• Colonist began boycotting British goods

14. Townshend Act
• In 1767, the Townshend Revenue Act began
taxing glass, paint, oil, lead, paper, and tea.
• It also gave Britain the right to seize colonist
property
• Colonists’ again boycotted British goods.
• British merchants helped ensure the act was
repealed.

15. Boston Massacre
• March 5, 1770
• British troops were in Boston to help maintain order
• Colonist were protesting and bumped a solider
• Shots were fired
• 5 dead and 6 injured

16. Flashback
What were three reasons why Europeans wanted to settle in the
New World?

17. Tea Act
• In 1773, the British passed the Tea Act to help
the British East India Company.
• The Tea Act gave the East India Company a
monopoly on selling tea in the colonies by
regulating tea prices.
• Colonist were afraid they were going to lose
their businesses

18. Tea Act
• In Philadelphia and New York, colonists forced the tea ships to
turn back.
• In Charleston, South Carolina, colonists let tea sit on the docks
until it rotted.
• However, Boston was well-controlled by British forces.
• British leaders there held the tea ships in the port.

19. The Boston Tea Party
• Then, on December 16, 1773, Bostonian
colonists protested the Tea Act.
• Colonists snuck into the Boston Harbor after
dark, dressed as Native Americans.
• They boarded the tea ships and dumped 90,000
pounds of tea into the water.

20. Intolerable Acts
• The Intolerable Acts were four laws passed by the British.
• Four Laws:
• Closed the Boston Harbor
• Eliminated trial by jury
• Quartering Act
• Eliminated colony representation in the west

21. Intolerable Acts
• These acts were enacted to punish the colonist
• As a results the First Continental Congress was established to
decide how to address these issues

22. The Revolution Begins
• The town of Concord created a special military unit called the
“Minutemen”
• Loyalist- people who stayed loyal to England
• Patriots- supporters of the revolution

23. The Revolution Begins
• Lexington and Concord
• The British troops went to Concord to seize weapons being
stored by colonist
• There were about 70 Minutemen waiting for them in Lexington
• When the British got to Concord their were 400 Minutemen
forcing the British to retreat

24. The Revolution begins
• The Second Continential Congress met in Philadelphia
• Adopted a militia “The Continental Army”
• Appointed George Washington to head the army

25. Journal Entry
The American Revolution happened because….

26. Flashback
What was the Enlightenment?

27. EQ and Learning Target
Essential Question:
What events led to the outbreak of the
American Revolution?
Learning Target:
I can identify and explain the events
that led to the American Revolution.

28. Movement to Independence
• Olive Branch Petition: a document sent by the
Continental Congress to King George III
declaring their allegiance to the king
• Thomas Paine: Common Sense
• Pamphlet calling for independence from
Britain
• Very persuasive and widely read
• Gained a lot of colonist support for the
revolution

29. Declaration of Independence
• July 4,1776
• Written by Thomas Jefferson
• Submitted and signed by the
Continental Congress

30. Declaration of Independence
• Preamble: Stated the purpose of the document:
to declare what the colonies and Britain should
split
• Statement of rights: political ideas that all people
have natural rights
• List of Grievances: A list of things the king has
done to violate the colonist natural rights
• Resolution of Independence: states the United
Colonies should be a free and independent state

31. Declaration of Activity
• In your own words, list 10 grievances the
colonist had against the king
• Write a paragraph explaining if you think the
colonist were justified in declaring independence
• Include at least two reasons for or against the
declaration
• Use the list of grievances your notes and the
textbook to help support your argument
• Each person should turn in their own list of
grievances and paragraph

32. Flashback
What was the primary
religion found in the New
England colonies?

33. EQ and Learning Target
Essential Question:
How was the American Revolution
won?
Learning Target:
I can explain how the American
Revolution was won.

34. War for Independence
• American Leaders
• George Washington
• Nathaniel Greene- Washinton’s top field
officer
• Francis Marion- “Swamp Fox”
• British Leaders
• William Howell-Leader of the British Army
• John Burgoyne-Lost at Saratoga
• Lord Cornwallace-Surrendered at Yorktown
• Benedict Arnold-famous trader

35. Advantages and
Disadvantages

36. Battle of Trenton
• December, 1776: Washington plans
surprise attack of Hessian camp at
Trenton, NJ.
• December 25: Washington attacks on
Christmas night, kills/captures 1,000 men
• 3 days later: defeat of British at Princeton,
NJ forces British to return to NY for winter

38. Battle of Saratoga
• 1777- British capture Philadelphia,
Continental Congress escapes
• Valley Forge- winter of 1777-78: nearly
2,500 American soldiers die from cold,
food shortages
• October 1777- Gen. Burgoyne’s troops
captured outside Saratoga, NY
• Result: France enters war

39. Battle of Yorktown
• 1778- British turn to South
• Savannah, GA and Charlestown, SC
fell to British
• Battle of Kings Mountain- victory for
Patriots
• British eventually are defeated and
surrender at Yorktown (1781)

40. Journal Entry
The Americans were able to win
the Revolutionary War
because…..

41. Flashback
What are the three branches of the
American government?

42. Map Activity
• Label the following (PG. 96 in your text)
• Battle of Saratoga, Bunker Hill, Yorktown, Trenton, Charles Town,
Savannah, Valley Forge,
• Indicate with different colors British victories and American
Victories
• Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico
• The Appalachian Mountains
• Color the Proclamation of 1763 Line
• Include a key to your map
• Color all of the colonies a light color