War of independence

1. War of independence By Albert Redžepi , MihailoJašarevic , DarkoBoldorac, Sara Milković and StrahinjaStojanović

2. Reasons for War • The American Revolution (1775-1783) is also known as the American Revolutionary War and the U.S. War of Independence. The conflict arose from growing tensions between residents of Great Britain’s 13 North American colonies and the colonial government, which represented the British crown.  • While no one event can be pointed to as the actual cause of the revolution, the war began as a disagreement over the way in which Great Britain treated the colonies versus the way the colonies felt they should be treated. Americans felt they deserved all the rights of Englishmen. The British, on the other hand, felt that the colonies were created to be used in the way that best suited the crown and parliament. 

3. The Boston Tea Party In 1773, Parliament passed the Tea Act, because they wanted to help British East India Company and to give it trade monopoly on the tea exported to the American colonies. In many American cities, tea agents resigned or canceled orders. Governor of Massachusetts decided to respect this decision- payments should be made for the goods. On the night of December 16, 1773, while the ships were in the harbor, 60 men boarded the ships, disguised as Native Americans, and dumped the entire shipment of tea into the harbor. That event is now famously known as the Boston Tea Party.

5. Declaration of Independence • In 1776, leaders of 13 British colonies made the Declaration of Independence. • They met in Philadelphia • Thomas Jefferson, later to become a USA president, wrote the first draft of the Declaration. • Roger Sherman, Robert Livingston, Benjamin Franklin and John Adams were part of the committee to help Jefferson. • On July 4, 1776 the Congress officially adopted the final version of the Declaration of Independence. This day is still celebrated in the United States as Independence Day. 

6. Copy of the first printing of the Declaration of Independence done by Philadelphia printer John Dunlap in the evening of July 4, 1776. This documents is known as "Dunlap Broadsides" of the Declaration of Independence.

7. Battles • Lexington and Concord, April 1775 • Bunker Hill, June 1775 • Quebec, December 1775 • Charleston, June 1776 • Trenton, December 1776 • Saratoga, October 1777 • Rhode Island, August 1778 • Kings Mountain, October 1780 • Cowpens, January 1781 • Yorktown, October 1781 Quebec 1775

9. The Battle of Saratoga The Battles of Saratoga were a series of battles that culminated in the Battle of Saratoga and the surrender of British General John Burgoyne. This decisive victory by the Americans was a turning point of the Revolutionary War. 

11. The Yorktown Battle • The Battle of Yorktown was the last great battle of the American Revolutionary War. It is where the British Army surrendered and the British government began to consider a peace treaty. • Around 8,000 British troops surrendered in Yorktown. Although this wasn't all of the army, it was a big enough force to cause the British to start thinking they were going to lose the war. Losing this battle made them start to think about peace and that it wasn't worth the cost of the war to keep the colonies. This opened the door for the Treaty of Paris. 

13. Tomas Jefferson • Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), author of the Declaration of Independence and the third U.S. president, was a leading figure in America’s early development. He was born on April 13, 1743, in Virginia. He was a draftsman of the U.S. Declaration of Independence; the nation's first secretary of state (1789-94); second vice president (1797-1801); and, as the third president (1801-09), the statesman responsible for the Louisiana Purchase.

14. George Washington • George Washington (1732-99) was commander in chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War (1775-83) and served two terms as the first U.S. president, from 1789 to 1797. During the American Revolution, he led the colonial forces to victory over the British and became a national hero. In 1789, Washington became America’s first president. 

15. Benjamin Franklin • Benjamin Franklin is best known as one of the Founding Fathers who drafted the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States. In 1776, Franklin helped Thomas Jefferson write the Declaration of Independence. Two years later, he went to France and convinced the French to help America in the war against England. Today, Ben Franklin is honored on the $100 dollar bill. Franklin was also an inventor. Many of his creations are still in use today. 

16. The Treaty of Paris • The Treaty of Paris of 1783, negotiated between the United States and Great Britain, ended the revolutionary war and recognized American independence. After the British Army surrendered at the Battle of Yorktown it still took a long time for an agreement between Britain and the United States to be signed. It was around a year and a half later that King George finally ratified the treaty!  The most important thing for the Americans was that Britain recognize the Thirteen Colonies to be free and independent states and that Britain no longer had any claim on the land or government. • The second major point was that the boundaries of the United States allowed for western expansion.

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