The American Revolutionary War

1. The American Revolutionary War By: Colby Boyce Vs.

2. What were the events that led to the development of The United States of America as an independent nation ?

3. The French and Indian War The French and Indian War was a 7 year long war in which Colonists and Britain fought against the French and some of the Indians in North America . The war started in 1754 and ended in 1763. The British had the strongest army in the world at that time. You can probably figure out who won. Yes, the British colonists won . France lost a terrific amount of land in North America. The war was very expensive for the British. On February 10th, 1763 The Treaty of Paris was signed.

4. The Proclamation of 1763 The proclamation of 1763 was sent out by King George III on October 7th, 1763. It said that Colonists couldn’t movewest past the Appalachian Mountains. This made some of the Colonists mad because some had already bought land there. All of the Colonists who had bought land there were told to leave. The main reason why King George sent it out was because it cost them too much money to drive the Indians away from the Colonists. This did not work , it was impossible to protect the border of the Appalachian Mountains.

5. The sugar and stamp acts The sugar and stamp acts are very similar except for the things that were taxed . Both had a three cent tax on something. The things that were taxed in the sugar act were Coffee, indigo ,and certain kinds of wine. It banned the importation of French wines and rum. The stamp act included news papers , cards , and anything made of paper. But in the stamp act the excise man (the tax collectors) got tarred and feathered.

6. The Boston Massacre The Boston Massacre Happened after the Quartering act, which made it so British soldiers were able to take over colonists homes and the Townshend Revenue act which taxed the imports of tea, glass, lead, paper and paint. In the Boston Massacre British troops got snowballs thrown at them (we don’t know if they had rocks in them or not). They got mad and shot 3 men including Crispus Attucks who was the first black man killed in the revoluation. This was a very important event because it had the first deaths of the Revolution.

7. The Boston Tea Party After the Tea act which made Colonists only buy tea from one company (The East India Company). This made colonists very mad. So some of them disguised themselves as Mohawk Indians. Then they got on the boats in the harbor and dumped all 342 crates of tea into the ocean! They could not be identified. Some of them were trying to steal tea. But the crowd stopped them.

8. The war begins After all the intolerable acts and the first continental congress was established, the fighting and and signing began. The first battle was Lexington and concord. What happened is Paul Revere took his famous ride to warn minute and militia men that the British were coming. The British troops were coming to steal ammunition. Paul revere warned them and the minute men drove all the British troops back to Charlestown. Paul revere didn’t make it to concord. He got captured about half way there.

9. Battle of Bunker Hill On June 17th, 1765 the battle of bunker hill was fought. The Patriots had dug trenches and attacked. The problem was they ran out of ammo and had to surrender. Even though British troops had more fatalities, they won. This is where the saying “don’t fire until you see the white in they’re eyes” came from.

10. The Declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson wrote the declaration with the help of Benjamin Franklin. It has a very famous line that Barack Obama used in his inauguration speech. It reads “We hold these truths to be self-evident , that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights ,that among these are life ,liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

11. “We The People” After the colonists had won the war a very important document was written and signed. It is known as the United States Constitution. We the people means that the people had power. It was written by many people and signed by many people. The people wanted to add a bill of rights to it . And today we have the Bill of Rights. See, the people do have power!

12. How Were People Affected by the Journey to Independence and Self-rule?

13. How Were People Affected The war affected people in different ways. There were Scottish Loyalists and Patriots and Irish loyalists and patriots. There were all different kinds of religions and sides. Most of the Scottish people were loyal to Britain, so they wanted Britain to win the war. Most Irish people were Patriots and came to the 13 Colonies for a new way of life. French people were neutral and didn’t care who won. in my opinion the Native Americans wanted the war to be over. They lost Land, villages, homes, and ultimately their way of life.

14. Why were rights, common good and sacrifice essential to the birth of the new nation Because the colonists started to lose rights under British control, they wanted to become a free nation for the common good of all people living in America. These patriots were willing to sacrifice everything for the birth of this new nation. Because of their sacrifice all of us are created equal and each have our own freedom in the United States of America.