American Revolution
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
BACKGROUND
- Seven years' war (1756 -1763)
- It divided European powers into two coalitions
- Kingdom of Great Britain (Prussia, Portugal,Hanover)
- Kingdom of France (Spain, Austria, Russia, Sweden)
- France loses Ontario and Louisiana. Spain loses Florida
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EARLY SEEDS
- King Philip's war (1675)
- Taxes: currency act, sugar act, stamp act.
- No taxation without representation
- Sons of Liberty in Boston
- Boston Massacre
- Tea party
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MILITARY HOSTILITIES BEGIN
- Massachusetts declared in state of rebellion 1775
- George Washington, as the commander of the new army, expelled British from Boston
- Loyalists were left with no support from UK
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INDEPENDENCE
- Colonies issued new constitution and started calling themselves "states"
- Declaration of independence by Thomas Jefferson
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR
- UK had three big advantages: a trained army, the biggest navy fleet and a strong economy
- Battle of Brooklyn 1776
- Battle of Saratoga 1777
- France and Spain support the US from 1778
- Cornwallis surrenders in Yorktown after a siege led by Washington and the French Navy
- Treaty of Paris 1783
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