The American Revolution Review

1. The American Revolution Review

2. Mercantilism • The purpose of a colony is to serve the mother country • England controlled trade, contributed to the cause of the American Revolution • Affected those in port cities, the further in-inland the less it effected • Southern farmers were only able to sell to England

3. Treaty of Paris of 1783 • Independence from Britain • Western border was at the Mississippi River • Southern border at Florida • Northern border at the Great Lakes

4. American Advantages • Home-field advantage • Fought on homeland • Familiar with the land

5. American Disadvantages • No experience in war • No money • New Leadership

6. British Advantages • Experience in war • Good leadership

7. British Disadvantages • Over 2000 miles from home • News travels slow

8. Significant Battles • Lexington & Concord: • 1st Battle of the revolution • Saratoga • Turning point of the war • French join the war • Yorktown • Surrender of Cornwallis • Last battle of the war • French Navy helps cut-off Cornwallis from retreat

9. 1st Continental Congress • Why was it called: • Response to intolerable acts • Accomplishments/results: • Organized boycotts

10. 2nd Continental Congress • Why was it called: • To help organize the war • Accomplishments/results: • Washington Commander • Declaration of Independence

11. Thomas Jefferson • Wrote the D.O.I. • Delegate to the Continental Congresses

12. Thomas Paine • “these are the times that try men’s souls” • Wrote Common Sense • Wrote The Crisis

13. Benjamin Franklin • Delegate to both Continental Congresses • On the committee to write the D.O.I. • Ambassador to France & negotiated an alliance with France • Negotiated the Treaty of Paris 1783

14. George Washington • Commander of the Continental Army • Delegate to the Continental Congress • 1st President of the US

15. John Paul Jones • “I have not yet begun to fight”, • America’s first naval hero. • Won a battle against a much larger/stronger British warship

16. Paul Revere • Boston Massacre Engraving • “the British are coming”

17. Patrick Henry • “Give me liberty or give me death” • Delegate to the First Continental Congress

18. Samuel Adams • Delegate to the 1st Continental Congress • Outspoken Patriot • Member of the Sons of Liberty • Secretly helped organize the Boston Tea Party • Helped organize the Committees of Correspondence

19. Stamp Act • Book, pamphlets, legal documents taxed

20. “No taxation without representation” • Imposing taxes without consent of the colonists

21. Mercantilism • To control colonial trade & for Britain to excel

22. Common Sense • Book to encourage colonists to join the Patriots cause

23. Intolerable Acts • Passed in response to the Boston Tea Party & contributed to the calling of the 1st Continental Congress

24. Colonists responses to paying for the F/I war • Civil Disobedience • Boycotting • Refuse to pay taxes • Protests

25. 3 Parts of the Declaration of Independence • Purpose of Government • Wrongs (grievances) done by the king • Colonies declare independence

26. Describe the purpose of each part • What type of government they would like • Things that king did & they don’t want repeated • Why they want to be free

27. Thomas Jefferson wrote the D.O.I. in 1776

28. Unalienable Rights • Rights of all Human Beings • Examples: • Life • Liberty • Pursuit of Happiness

29. 4 Grievances in the D.O.I. • Unfair judges • King refusing to follow laws that are good for the people • British soldiers sent to colonies without consent of the Colonists • Disbanded representative houses (colonial governments)

30. Purpose of the Proclamation of 1763 • Prevent conflict between the colonists & Indians in the Ohio Valley

31. “No taxation without Representation” • Taxing colonists without giving them a voice or say in the matter

32. Remember to be familiar with each of the terms at the bottom of your review sheet.