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Beginnings of the American Revolution
Rivalry between the British and the French
This rivalry led to the French and Indian War
French were driven out of Canada and territories west of the Appalachian Mountains
British actions following the war that angered the colonists:
Proclamation of 1763
Prohibited settlement west of the Appalachian MountainsThis region was too costly for the British to defendAmerican colonists had fought a war with France to open this area for settlement
New taxes places on colonists
Taxes to pay for the war and to defend the colonists
Stamp Act – tax on legal documents and publications
Tea and sugar taxes
Resistance to British rule
Boston Tea Party
First Continental Congress called
Boston Massacre
Battle of Lexington and Concord
The Boston Massacre
Boston Tea Party and Intolerable Acts
Lexington and Concord
March Back to Boston
Battle of Bunker Hill
Three camps of colonists
Patriots
Loyalists
Neutrals
Patriots
Believed in complete independence from England
Inspired by the ideas of Locke and Paine and the words of Patrick Henry
Provided the troops for the Continental Army
Loyalists (Tories)
Remained loyal to Britain because of cultural and economic ties
Believed that taxation was justified
Neutrals
Those who tried to stay as uninvolved as possible
Military Victories
Saratoga
Proved to the French that the American could win the war.
As a result, the French became more involved on the side of the Americans.
Yorktown
British general Cornwallis surrendered his army ending the hostilities.