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American Revolution

• BY
• ROSS,
• LIZ,MEGAN

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AMERICAN FLAG

• Betsy Ross sewed the first American flag.
• Is it appropriate to fly the flag upside down?
• Only in an emergency
• It means HELP ME IM IN TROUBLE!!

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BOSTON TEA PARTY

• They were taxing the tea. They dress up like
  Mohawk Indians and blackened their faces with
  soot so they would not be recognized.

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REVOLUTIONARY WAR

• Revolutionary War began on April 19,1775 and
  lasted to 1783. The War was caused of political
  conflicts and economic rivalry. The War was in
  Massachusetts in Concord and Lexington. The first
  shot was fired by the British troops.

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STAMP ACT

• The British parliament passed the stamp act in
  1765. Its purpose was to raise funds to support
  the British army stationed in America after 1763.

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THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL

• On June 23, 1775, Washington headed to Boston to
  take command of the new army. On his way north,
  he learned that the Battle of Bunker Hill had
  just been fought. On the night of June 16, one
  thousand minutemen marched in the dark to Bunker
  Hill.

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LEXINGTON CONCORD

• The colonists earlier boycotts had led to the
  repeal of the Stamp Acts. Colonists thought that
  refusing to trade with Britain would force
  Parliament to repeal the Intolerable Acts,too.

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INTOLERABLE ACTS

• The Boston Tea Party hit its mark in England .
  Parliament the British public and especially King
  George 3rd were out raged by it.

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BOSTON MASSACRE

• On March 5th, 1770, Boston exploded. A group of
  colonists had gathered at the Boston Customs
  house. The group led by Crispus Attucks and
  others began to throw snowballs at a British
  soldier on duty.

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DECLARATION OF INDEPENDANCE

• Jefferson spent two weeks writing the Declaration
  of Independence. The first part of the document
  explains why the colonies had the right to
  separate from Britain. Jefferson meant that
  everyone had certain rights and no government
  should take those rights away.

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PROCLAMATION OF 1763

• King George to halt the expansion of the American
  Colonies beyond the Appalachian Mountains. Before
  the French and Indian war France had helped
  prevent colonists from settling on Indian hunting
  lands west of the Appalachian.

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TREATY OF PARIS

• Peace discussions between Americans and British
  opened in Paris in April 1782.
• The congress instructed the American delegates
  to consult with the French before they took any
  action.

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SURRENDER AT YORKTOWN

• It was located in Virginia . It started on
  October 6 ,1781 and lasted to October 19 1781.The
  British surrender in the wars last major battle.

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BATTLES OF THE SOUTH

• The battles deciding the outcome of the war took
  place in Georgia and the Carolinas. The British
  wanted to move the war to the south, thinking
  this region was full of Loyalists ready to battle
  for the British. They were wrong. Most southern
  loyalists were to afraid of their Patriot
  neighbors to fight.

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WAR IN THE NORTH

• The British plan of action was to stop the
  rebellion quickly before the colonists could get
  France and Spain to join. Forced out of Boston in
  March 1776,the British sailed to Canada to
  prepare for more fighting.