First major battle of the war
... Battle of Lexington and Concord: First battles of the War of Independence: Major General Thomas Gage sent troops to capture two rebel leaders: John Hancock and Sam Adams. On April 19th, the redcoats met the Minutemen on Lexington Green, someone fired a shot and war began. British troops routed the ...
... Battle of Lexington and Concord: First battles of the War of Independence: Major General Thomas Gage sent troops to capture two rebel leaders: John Hancock and Sam Adams. On April 19th, the redcoats met the Minutemen on Lexington Green, someone fired a shot and war began. British troops routed the ...
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... 8. A trade increase occurred and continued in the Maritimes with increased prosperity for the fur trade along the St. Lawrence. 9. British and French Canadians had contributed fully in the defense which began to foster unity in BNA. 10. Roots of Canadian nationalism grows. 11. Ultimately starts proc ...
... 8. A trade increase occurred and continued in the Maritimes with increased prosperity for the fur trade along the St. Lawrence. 9. British and French Canadians had contributed fully in the defense which began to foster unity in BNA. 10. Roots of Canadian nationalism grows. 11. Ultimately starts proc ...
Colonization - Election of 1860
... decided to meet and plan a united response – this gathering became known as the First Continental Congress All the colonies except GA were represented by the 56 delegates in Philadelphia in 1774 – called for the people to arm themselves and form militias ...
... decided to meet and plan a united response – this gathering became known as the First Continental Congress All the colonies except GA were represented by the 56 delegates in Philadelphia in 1774 – called for the people to arm themselves and form militias ...
Third Nine Week Test From the Beginning and Beyond
... People who agree to work for others in exchange for passage to the colonies ...
... People who agree to work for others in exchange for passage to the colonies ...
VASpr08 EOC VUSH RB - Anderson School District One
... Slavery was introduced to the British colonies to provide labor for — A ...
... Slavery was introduced to the British colonies to provide labor for — A ...
battle summaries
... skirmishes at Lexington and Concord, the British marched back to Boston under a steady fire from the minutemen. The redcoats suffered heavy casualties. Battle of Bunker Hill Following the battles of Lexington and Concord, the British returned to Boston. Some 10,000 colonial militiamen took up positi ...
... skirmishes at Lexington and Concord, the British marched back to Boston under a steady fire from the minutemen. The redcoats suffered heavy casualties. Battle of Bunker Hill Following the battles of Lexington and Concord, the British returned to Boston. Some 10,000 colonial militiamen took up positi ...
Chapter 6- The United States Breaks Away
... Make yourself a copy(an exact copy!!) of this map indicating the different areas owned by British North America and the United States. Be sure to label all parts of the map so yours looks identical to the one on page 186. ...
... Make yourself a copy(an exact copy!!) of this map indicating the different areas owned by British North America and the United States. Be sure to label all parts of the map so yours looks identical to the one on page 186. ...
Unit 2: American Revolution and Early Republic
... supported Britain’s right to impose taxes. When the Stamp Act controversy was in effect, his home was ransacked in 1765. In 1773, he refused to allow British ships to be returned without unloading and the Boston Tea party resulted. Next to Benedict Arnold, he was the most hated man in Revolutionary ...
... supported Britain’s right to impose taxes. When the Stamp Act controversy was in effect, his home was ransacked in 1765. In 1773, he refused to allow British ships to be returned without unloading and the Boston Tea party resulted. Next to Benedict Arnold, he was the most hated man in Revolutionary ...
Chapter 9
... America tribes ceded control of much of Ohio and Indiana to the U.S. government. Whiskey Rebellion: 1794 protest against the government’s tax on whiskey by backcountry farmers French Revolution: revolution overthrowing the government in France that began in 1787 and ended in violence and mass ex ...
... America tribes ceded control of much of Ohio and Indiana to the U.S. government. Whiskey Rebellion: 1794 protest against the government’s tax on whiskey by backcountry farmers French Revolution: revolution overthrowing the government in France that began in 1787 and ended in violence and mass ex ...
Governing the Republic: Federalists & Repulicans
... Some Americans believed that the British were urging Native Americans to war against the US. By 1812, many Americans believed we needed to go to war with Britain. These people were known as War Hawks. America was not ready for war. Britain won most of the early battles. They captured Washington D.C. ...
... Some Americans believed that the British were urging Native Americans to war against the US. By 1812, many Americans believed we needed to go to war with Britain. These people were known as War Hawks. America was not ready for war. Britain won most of the early battles. They captured Washington D.C. ...
The Declaration of Independence: Text, Signers and
... Branch Petition and continued military action by the British that finally convinced the colonial leaders that the best course of action was to break completely with Great Britain and try to make it in the world on their own. ...
... Branch Petition and continued military action by the British that finally convinced the colonial leaders that the best course of action was to break completely with Great Britain and try to make it in the world on their own. ...
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... espouses the basic ideals of American democracy and lists the reasons for the American colonies' break with Great Britain, precipitating the American Revolution. Democracy - A government controlled by its citizens, either directly or through representatives. Federalism - A system of government in wh ...
... espouses the basic ideals of American democracy and lists the reasons for the American colonies' break with Great Britain, precipitating the American Revolution. Democracy - A government controlled by its citizens, either directly or through representatives. Federalism - A system of government in wh ...
AP World History
... provoked the idea of popular sovereignty – Notion that the legitimate political control rests with the people who make up a society, not kings ...
... provoked the idea of popular sovereignty – Notion that the legitimate political control rests with the people who make up a society, not kings ...
AP World History
... provoked the idea of popular sovereignty – Notion that the legitimate political control rests with the people who make up a society, not kings ...
... provoked the idea of popular sovereignty – Notion that the legitimate political control rests with the people who make up a society, not kings ...
American History I Final Exam Review
... 10. “No Taxation without Representation”—slogan of colonists that felt England could not tax them if they were not given a voice in government 11. Boston Massacre—killing of five Boston colonists by British troops after the Townshend Acts had raised tension 12. Boston Tea Party—event in which coloni ...
... 10. “No Taxation without Representation”—slogan of colonists that felt England could not tax them if they were not given a voice in government 11. Boston Massacre—killing of five Boston colonists by British troops after the Townshend Acts had raised tension 12. Boston Tea Party—event in which coloni ...
The War Expands
... The Americans gained some of the military experience they needed from Europe. Several European military officers came to Washington's aid, including men from France, Poland, and the German states. The Marquis de Lafayette was a 19-year-old French nobleman who volunteered to serve in Washington's arm ...
... The Americans gained some of the military experience they needed from Europe. Several European military officers came to Washington's aid, including men from France, Poland, and the German states. The Marquis de Lafayette was a 19-year-old French nobleman who volunteered to serve in Washington's arm ...
Section 2 - The War Expands
... because he supposedly paid rewards for American scalps. Determined to retake Fort Sackville, Clark and his men set out for Vincennes from Kaskaskia in February 1779. Hamilton wasn't expecting an attack because the rivers were overflowing their banks and the woods were flooded. Clark's men slogged th ...
... because he supposedly paid rewards for American scalps. Determined to retake Fort Sackville, Clark and his men set out for Vincennes from Kaskaskia in February 1779. Hamilton wasn't expecting an attack because the rivers were overflowing their banks and the woods were flooded. Clark's men slogged th ...
Section 3 Enlightenment and Revolution
... • Britain began to assert its right to impose laws on colonies ...
... • Britain began to assert its right to impose laws on colonies ...
Chapter 10 and Final Exam Review
... and is elected the First President of the United States in 1788. He set many precedents, including: served two terms between 1789 and 1797. During his two terms he started regular meetings of his cabinet and supported Alexander Hamilton's plans to deal with war debts and create a currency system for ...
... and is elected the First President of the United States in 1788. He set many precedents, including: served two terms between 1789 and 1797. During his two terms he started regular meetings of his cabinet and supported Alexander Hamilton's plans to deal with war debts and create a currency system for ...
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... Kosciusko fought with great distinction. A German General also helped the Americans – General Friedrich Von Steuben. ...
... Kosciusko fought with great distinction. A German General also helped the Americans – General Friedrich Von Steuben. ...
Articles of Confederation Bill of Rights Mercantilism Imperialism Dec
... 75. What was an impact of the Battle of Vicksburg?___________________________________________________ 76. What strategy was used by Union troops that includes striking civilian as well as military targets and the goal was to not only weaken the enemy’s armies but also the economy that supports them? ...
... 75. What was an impact of the Battle of Vicksburg?___________________________________________________ 76. What strategy was used by Union troops that includes striking civilian as well as military targets and the goal was to not only weaken the enemy’s armies but also the economy that supports them? ...
File - Rebel History
... 14. War of 1812 was between Britain and the United States, fought between 1812 and 1815. It has also been called the second American war for independence. It began over British violations of American shipping rights, such as the impressments of seamen. American soldiers attacked Canada unsuccessfull ...
... 14. War of 1812 was between Britain and the United States, fought between 1812 and 1815. It has also been called the second American war for independence. It began over British violations of American shipping rights, such as the impressments of seamen. American soldiers attacked Canada unsuccessfull ...
American Revolution
The American Revolution was a political upheaval that took place between 1765 and 1783 during which colonists in the Thirteen American Colonies rejected the British monarchy and aristocracy, overthrew the authority of Great Britain, and founded the United States of America.Starting in 1765, members of American colonial society rejected the authority of the British Parliament to tax them without any representatives in the government. During the following decade, protests by colonists—known as Patriots—continued to escalate, as in the Boston Tea Party in 1773 during which patriots destroyed a consignment of taxed tea from the Parliament-controlled and favored East India Company. The British responded by imposing punitive laws—the Coercive Acts—on Massachusetts in 1774 until the tea had been paid for, following which Patriots in the other colonies rallied behind Massachusetts. In late 1774 the Patriots set up their own alternative government to better coordinate their resistance efforts against Great Britain, while other colonists, known as Loyalists, preferred to remain subjects of the British Crown.Tensions escalated to the outbreak of fighting between Patriot militia and British regulars at Lexington and Concord in April 1775, after which the Patriot Suffolk Resolves effectively replaced the Royal government of Massachusetts, and confined the British to control of the city of Boston. The conflict then evolved into a global war, during which the Patriots (and later their French, Spanish and Dutch allies) fought the British and Loyalists in what became known as the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783). Patriots in each of the thirteen colonies formed a Provincial Congress that assumed power from the old colonial governments and suppressed Loyalism. Claiming King George III's rule to be tyrannical and infringing the colonists' ""rights as Englishmen"", the Continental Congress declared the colonies free and independent states in July 1776. The Patriot leadership professed the political philosophies of liberalism and republicanism to reject monarchy and aristocracy, and proclaimed that all men are created equal. Congress rejected British proposals requiring allegiance to the monarchy and abandonment of independence.The British were forced out of Boston in 1776, but then captured and held New York City for the duration of the war, nearly capturing General Washington and his army. The British blockaded the ports and captured other cities for brief periods, but failed to defeat Washington's forces. In early 1778, following a failed patriot invasion of Canada, a British army was captured by a patriot army at the Battle of Saratoga, following which the French openly entered the war as allies of the United States. The war later turned to the American South, where the British captured an army at South Carolina, but failed to enlist enough volunteers from Loyalist civilians to take effective control. A combined American–French force captured a second British army at Yorktown in 1781, effectively ending the war in the United States. A peace treaty in 1783 confirmed the new nation's complete separation from the British Empire. The United States took possession of nearly all the territory east of the Mississippi River and south of the Great Lakes, with the British retaining control of Canada and Spain taking Florida. In the period after the peace treaty in 1783, Loyalists were subjected to extreme suppression and acts of arbitrary violence, including murder by lynching, despite a promise by patriot leaders to British negotiators that Loyalist rights would be respected. A large proportion were driven off their land and forced to flee as refugees to Canada.Among the significant results of the revolution was the creation of a democratically-elected representative government responsible to the will of the people, but which as a result of the 'Three-Fifths Compromise' allowed the southern slaveholders to consolidate power and maintain slavery in America for another eighty years. The new Constitution established a relatively strong federal national government that included an executive, national judiciary, a bicameral Congress that represented both states in the Senate and population in the House of Representatives. Congress had powers of taxation that were lacking under the old Articles. The United States Bill of Rights of 1791 comprised the first ten amendments to the Constitution, guaranteeing many ""natural rights"" that were influential in justifying the revolution, and attempted to balance a strong national government with strong state governments and broad personal liberties. The American shift to liberal republicanism, and the gradually increasing democracy, caused an upheaval of traditional social hierarchy and gave birth to the ethic that has formed a core of political values in the United States.