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The American Revolution

The American Revolution. French & Indian War (Seven Years War). King George III. George Grenville. Prime Minister’s Plan to Pay French & Indian War Debt Sugar Act (1764) Currency Act (1764) Quartering Act (1765) Stamp Act (1765). Stamp Act Crisis, 1765.

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The American Revolution

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  1. The American Revolution

  2. French & Indian War (Seven Years War)

  3. King George III

  4. George Grenville • Prime Minister’s Plan to Pay French & Indian War Debt • Sugar Act (1764) • Currency Act (1764) • Quartering Act (1765) • Stamp Act (1765)

  5. Stamp Act Crisis, 1765

  6. Townsend Acts (1767) Taxes on Imported Goods:Paint, Paper, & TeaSuspends New York General Assembly

  7. Boston Massacre, March 5, 1770

  8. Samuel Adams & the Sons of Liberty

  9. Boston Tea Party December 1773

  10. Coercive/Intolerable Acts, 1774 • Closed the Port at Boston Harbor • Dismantled Massachusetts General Assembly • Removed Royal Officials from Local Courts • Required the Quartering of British Troops

  11. The Continental CongressSeptember 5, 1774

  12. The Empire Strikes Back Lord Frederick North

  13. “The Shot Heard Around the World” April 19, 1775 The Battle of Lexington

  14. Battles of Lexington and Concord, April 19, 1775

  15. Second Continental Congress April 1775 • Olive Branch Petition • Create Continental Army • Appointed General George Washington to Command the Army

  16. General George Washington

  17. Thomas Paine & Common Sense (1776)

  18. John Adams Robert Livingston Benjamin Franklin Roger Sherman Thomas Jefferson

  19. Declaration of Independence

  20. The Exodus of the Loyalists

  21. “These are the times that try men’s souls”Thomas Paine, “The Crisis”

  22. Battle of Trenton, Christmas 1776

  23. Valley Forge, Pennsylvania Winter 1777-1778

  24. Cornwallis at YorktownOctober 19, 1781

  25. “Oh God! It’s All Over” Lord Frederick North

  26. Treaty of Paris September 3, 1783

  27. African Americans & the American Revolutionary War

  28. Molly Pitcher

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