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American revolution Alexa Burke 7k #3

American revolution Alexa Burke 7k #3. The A merican revolution was between 1775 and 1783. The people in it were mainly Americans and British, but the B ritish had G erman allies and the F rench helped the Americans. America won

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American revolution Alexa Burke 7k #3

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  1. American revolutionAlexa Burke 7k #3

  2. The American revolution was between 1775 and 1783. • The people in it were mainly Americans and British, but the British had German allies and the French helped the Americans. • America won American independence was guaranteed. The U.S. was given the territory east of the Mississippi between Canada and Florida. The British could collect debts from Americans. Loyalists properties would be returned. More people could vote. More land was available in the west and from land that was taken away from the Loyalists. Religious freedom was betterAntislavery feeling increased. All but South Carolina and Georgia abolished the import of slaves. American manufacturing increased. State governments were established. The Articles of Confederation was established as the form of national government. Conflict between the U.S. and Great Britain was almost assured because British debts were not collected, Loyalists were not compensated and the British maintained forts in the Northwest. -The American revolution was between 1775 and 1783. -The people in it were mainly Americans and British, but the British had German allies and the French helped the Americans. -America won

  3. reasons • Areasonthewarstartedwasbecause Americanswerevery independent. • They didn’t wanttheBritishtellingthemhowtolivetheirlives.

  4. Nathanael Greene • He was an American general • In Boston Greene met George Washington.  Even during their • initial meeting, Washington was • greatly impressed.  Within a year, • he considered Greene the best of his generals.

  5. John Askin • He was a fur trader, and a merchant • British side • Was in a partnership with other people which planned to buy the entire lower Michigan peninsula from the United States government

  6. The turning point --The alliance between the colonies and Franceproviding a navy to the US -They thought it would be good for the military by allying themselves with a strong military

  7. Life on the home front • Life on the homefront did effect those who werent soldiers because if they used to be they were tired from it and the women had more work to do and so did the kids

  8. Final resolution • The American Revolution ended with the Treaty of Paris - Britain recognized America as an independent country.

  9. Effects: American independence was guaranteed. The U.S. was given the territory east of the Mississippi between Canada and Florida. The British could collect debts from Americans. More people could vote. More land was available in the west and also from land that was taken away from the Loyalists. Religious freedom got better Antislavery feeling increased. All but South Carolina and Georgia abolished the import of slaves. State governments were established. Conflict between the U.S. and Great Britain was almost assured because British debts were not collected, and the British maintained forts in the Northwest.

  10. Resourses: • http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_fought_in_the_American_Revolution • http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090516143809AA4yR87

  11. 1. log in • 2. go to pages and files • 3. upload file • 4. browse your computer & upload file (make sure you file is named by your LAST NAME ONLY). Upload the file - say no to creating a new wiki page. • 5. come back to this page • 6. go to edit, then images and files (make sure your cursor is where you want it) then click on the file name. • 7. save and you're done!!!!   Follow the link to watch a Jing of these instructions!  http://sites.google.com/a/stclaresi.com/mrs-olsen/home/5th-grade

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