module 3: the american revolution

name 5 abuses of the king of great britian

-cut off our Trade w/everyone -imposing taxes w/out consent -quatering large bodies of armed troops among them -deprive benefits of trial by jury -protect them of punishment(murder)

strengths and weakness of the US

-familiar of home ground -leadership of washington and other officers -inspire cause of independence weakness most soldiers untrained and undisciplined -shortage of food and ammunition -inferior navy -no central govt to enforce wartime policies

name 4 powers the colonies have as free and independent states

-full power of the Levy war -conclude peace -contract allies -establish commerce

john adams states the trick to get all 13 clocks to strike at once meaning

13 ships in order =colonies halt shipped goods and be prepared

Olive Branch Petition

A document sent by the Second Continental Congress to King George III, proposing a reconciliation between the colonies and Britain

Thomas Jefferson

American statesman, and member of two Continental Congresses, chairman of the committee to draft the Declaration of Independence, the Declaration's main author and one of its signers, and the third president of the United States.

On what date was the Declaration of Independence adopted?

July 4 ,1776

Patrick Henry

No taxation without representation

minutemen

Patriot civilian soldiers just before and during the Revolutionary War, pledged to be ready to fight at a minute's notice

Treaty of Paris 1783

Sept. 1783 delegates signed it & it confirmed US independence & set boundaries of the new nations. Treaty Between England and the Colonies , formally ended the American Revolutionary War

Crispus Attucks

The African-Native American man who was the first man to die in the Boston Massacre, the first death in the Revolutionary War

Battle of Lexington and Concord

The first military engagement of the Revolutionary War. It occurred on April 19, 1775, when British soldiers fired into a much smaller body of minutemen on Lexington green.

what were the terms of the treaty of paris

US independence & new boundaries - US stretched to Atl ocean> mississippi river> canada> flordia border confirms the independence

stamp act

a 1765 law in which Parliament established the first direct taxation of goods & services w/in the British colonies in North America

Common Sense

a 50-page pamphlet by Thomas Paine, published in 1776, that called for separation of the colonies from britian

Boston Massacre

a clash between British soldiers and Boston colonists in 1770, in which five of the colonists were killed

Thomas Paine and Common Sense

a pamphlet by Thomas Paine, published in 1776, that called for separation of the colonies from Britain

Townshed acts

a series of laws enacted by Parliament in 1767, establishing indirect taxes on goods imported from Britain by the British colonies in North America

Intolerable Acts

a series of laws enacted by Parliament in 1774 to punish Massachusetts colonists for the Boston Tea Party

What prompted the Boston Tea Party? do u think the colonists were justified in dumping the tea

americans believed britian was unfairly taxing them to pay for tea parliament punished massachusetts with revenge .

after the battle of lexington who had to leave london and return home

benjamin frankin

who became the point man for the colonists in england

benjamin franklin

who were the minutemen? what the significance of the battle of lexington

civilan soldiers, quietly stock pile firearms & gun powder it was the first big military battle

inflation

general increase in prices & fail in purchasing value of money caused by govt. printing too much currency. An increase in prices/ decline in purchasing power caused by an increase in the supply of money

Samuel Adams

key role in the defense of colonial rights. Leader of the Sons of Liberty & suggested the formation of the committees of correspondence. Spread the principal of colonial rights throughout New England & provoked the Boston Tea Party.

King George III

king of england from 1760-1820, exercised a greater hand in the govt of the American colonies then had many of his predecessors. Colonists torn between loyalty to the king & resistance to acts carried his name in. He rejected the Olive Branch Petition. Colonists came to him as a tyrant

significance of the battle of yorktown

last battle of the Revolutionary War. It was also the surrender of the British

what basic human rights are stated in the declaration

life liberty pursuit of happiness

ben franklins son william feeling about the rebellion

loyalist opposed to the idea

Summarize colonial resistance to British taxation.

merchants agreed not to import goods from britian until the stamp act was repealed. PP w/money stopped buying goof and made it themselves

Committees of Correspondence

one of the groups set up by American colonists to exchange information about British threats to their liberties

loyalists

opposed independence & remained loyal to the crown. Colonists who supported the british govt during the American Revolution

technique patriots used to repeal the stamp act

pour tar on pp and feathers on them

who is John Hancock? and why is his name significant to us today

president of continental congress; our signature

how did british attempts to control and tac the colonies help to unite the colonies

regulate imperial trade & they had common enemies to come together

what was the stamp act and how did the colonists respond

required colonists to purchase speical stamped paper for every legal docu.;license, newspaper,pamphlet& almanac. "stamp duties" cards and dice. May 1765 boston shopkeppers, artisans & laborers regulated a secrete resistance group, Sons of Liberty". They boycott goods, harrass stamp distributors

what were the Townshed acts and how did the colonists respond

revenue laws passed by Parliament w/rage & well-organized resistance, protest "no taxation w/out representation" & organize a new boycott imported goods response: boycotts, riots

how was the american revolution revoluntary

self govt. -new govt -democratic revolution -govt work for pp not the other way around

what efforts were made to avoid war

sent the Olive Branch (peace) to the king and he rejected it

strength and weakness of great britain

strong, well trained army & navy -strong central govt w/ funds -support of colonial loyalists & native americans weakness large distance separating britain from other battle fields -troops unfamiliar w/terrain -weak military leaders -sympathy of certain british politicians for the american cause

Declaration of Independence

the document, written by Thomas Jefferson in 1776, in which the delegates of the Continental Congress declared the colonies' independence from Britain

Boston Tea Party

the dumping of 18,000 pounds of tea into the Boston Harbor by colonists (dressed as Indians ) in 1773 to protest the Tea Act

how did the thining of loyalits differ from that of Patriots

the patriots supported independence while the loyalists opposed and stayed loyal to the king/crown

who dp govt derive their power from

the pp

what prompted the boston massacre? Was this a british attack on defenseless civilians

the presence of the british in boston & the competition of job between them . They taunted the british and the british did it back.

Patroits

the supporters of independence. Colonists who supported American independence from britian

why does king george 3 feel the need to tax the colonies

the war made them lose money

compare the colonial reactions to the Townshed acts with the stamp act

they both protested to change an unfair law. Rage and resistance groups.

how did the Sons of liberty help support the patriots' independence movement

they both wanted independence and to be treated the same

why are the colonies breaking away from great britian

they feel as their rights have been abused

what must the pp do when the govt becomes destructive and no longer protects their rights

they have the right to replace that govt.

how does the revolutionary war become a symbol of liberty? did liberty extend to all groups of americans?

they possessed a new identity w/america free, loyal, extend to all groups of americans. eqalitarism= belief to the pp but only yo white men ruled by pp=democracy ability to work not the inherited money equal opportunity

Who is the author of the Declaration of Independence?

thomas jefferson

Why was the Declaration of Independence written?

to declare independence from England *explains the reason* why was it written

why are govts instituted among men

to get their power from the pp instead of govt. *protect basic human rights*

what role did Paul revere play in the revolutionary cause

told pp if the British were going by land 1 light , went by sea 2 lights was an engraver & propaganda

what events led the colonits to the breaking point with their mother contry

unreasonable taxes w/out representation stamp act, townshed acts, intolerate act

did the colonies try to reconcile with he king

yes; sent the Olive Branch