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Following the Boston Tea Party the British passed some acts to punish Boston.
What were these acts called and what did 2 of them do?
http://www.usfca.edu/fac-staff/conwell/revolution/congress.htm
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INTOLERABLE ACTS AND
THE FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
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Britain responded to the Boston Tea Party in 1774 by passing
several laws that became known in America as the Intolerable
Acts. One law closed Boston Harbor until Bostonians paid for
the destroyed tea. Another law restricted the activities of the
Massachusetts legislature and gave added powers to the post
of governor of Massachusetts. Those powers in effect made him
a dictator. The American colonists were very angered by these
forceful acts. In response to these actions and laws, the
colonist banded together to fight back. Several committees of
colonists called for a convention of delegates from the
colonies to organize resistance to the Intolerable Acts. The
convention was later to be called the Continental Congress.
When and why did the Continental Congress first meet? After you find find and write the
answers, also copy and paste the painting onto this slide.
http://www.usfca.edu/fac-staff/conwell/revolution/congress.htm
. ReThe First Continental Congress met in Philadelphia from Sept. 5 to Oct. 26,
1774, to protest the Intolerable Actspresentatives attended from all
the colonies except Georgia. The leaders included Samuel Adams and
John Adams of Massachusetts and George Washington and Patrick Henry
of Virginia. The Congress voted to cut off colonial trade with Great
Britain unless Parliament abolished the Intolerable Acts. It approved
resolutions advising the colonies to begin training
British and American soldiers first exchanged gunshots at the towns of
Lexington and Concord. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/apr19.html
What was the date of this battle?
Why had the British troops been sent to Concord and Lexington?
On April 19, 1775, British and American
soldiers exchanged fire in the Massachusetts
towns of Lexington and Concord. On the night
of April 18, the royal governor of
Massachusetts, General Thomas Gage,
commanded by King George III to suppress the
rebellious Americans, had ordered 700 British
soldiers, under Lieutenant Colonel Francis
Smith and Marine Major John Pitcairn, to seize
the colonists' military stores in Concord, some
20 miles west of Boston.
A system of signals and word-of-mouth
communication set up by the colonists was
effective in forewarning American volunteer
militia men of the approach of the British
troops. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem
"Paul Revere's Ride" tells how a lantern was
displayed in the steeple of Christ Church on
the night of April 18, 1775, as a signal to Paul
Revere and others.
The American revolutionaries knew that the British were
coming to Lexington and Concord.
What system of signals was used to alert them?
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military experience . Still, it made sense to be prepared for the worst, so,
New Englanders began to stockpile cannonballs and gunpowder in
Concord, a small town about twenty miles northwest of Boston. When the
British heard about those munitions, they decided to get them. Paul Revere,
a silversmith who was one of those who wanted independence, found out
that the British soldiers were getting ready to attack. He sent a spy into
the British camp; the spy was to send a signal. Revere instructed: "If the
British go out by water, we should show two lanterns in the North Church
steeple; and if by land, one, as a signal."
Where were the major battles fought? Check out this interactive map and
record who was the victor in each.
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.html
What 3 unalienable rights are named in the document unalienable Rights,
that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
3 grievances that are expressed in the declaration He has refused his
Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.
He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing
importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be
obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to
them.
He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts
of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation
in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.
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Experience the signing of the Declaration of Independence alongside our
forefathers at this interactive site. ht He has refused his Assent to Laws, the
most wholesome and necessary for the public good.
He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing
importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained;
and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.
He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of
people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the
Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.
tp://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration_sign.html
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Sign the document and print. We will scan this document into your ppt later.
The colonists might have lost the war without the help of France.
http://www.pbs.org/benfranklin/l3_world_france.html
Why were the French willing to side with the American revolutionaries
against England. Who persuaded France to be an American ally?
When Franklin went to France as America's first ambassador, there were
two superpowers in Europe: England and France, and the countries were
very different. Like the rivalry between the United States and the Soviet
Union during the Cold War, England and France were diametrically
opposed in their forms of government and their general beliefs. While both
countries had kings, England maintained a parliamentary form of
government with some representatives elected by commoners. France, on
the other hand, was governed as a total monarchy with absolute power in
the hands of the king. England was a protestant country that had broken
ties with the Roman Catholic church in a previous century, while Catholic
France still maintained religious ties with Rome.
On some levels, it seemed odd that the Americans would approach the
French with the idea of an alliance. After all, British colonists had fought
alongside England against France a little more than a decade earlier. In
language, religion, and temperament, the Americans were much more like
the English, so France looked like an unlikely ally for the new country.
However, France was humiliated after its defeat in the French and Indian
Wars, and England was their enemy. It was in France's self-interest to
help the Americans; it was a way of getting back at the British. As for the
Americans, with France, they gained a powerful ally with one of the
strongest military forces in the world.
When Franklin arrived in Paris in December, 1776, it was not the "city of
light" of later years with wide open boulevards and stunning architecture.
The average Parisian lived in abject poverty, in narrow, crooked streets
with open sewers running down the middle. Starving beggars and
homeless families were everywhere.
Where and when was the last major battle of the war fought?
http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/UsaHistory/AmericanRevolution/YorktownBattl
e.htm
Who surrendered? Copy the drawing and paste it on this page.
War in the South
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British General Clinton along with another general, Lord Cornwallis sailed
from New York with a fleet of 90 ships and 850 soldiers to take control of the
south. The British had several major victories. After winning the Battle of
Savannah in December 1778, the British troops moved on Charleston, South
Carolina. Although Washington sent more troops to support Charleston, the
American army was eventually force to surrender. Following the victory,
Clinton returned to New York leaving General Cornwallis in command.
A second southern army of Americans was formed under General Gates. In
August 1780, Gates led an attack against Cornwallis at Camden, South
Carolina. When the British charged, the poorly trained militia retreated
leaving the regular soldiers greatly outnumbered. General Gates then
retreated. The Americans suffered heavy losses as the British won another
battle.
General Nathanael Greene replaced General Gates in October 1780. Rather
than an all-out attack on Cornwallis, Greene used hit-and-run tactics to
inflict damage on the British. This guerilla warfare managed to drive the
British towards the coast and back into Yorktown.
Surrender of General Cornwallis
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The surrender of General, Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown
(Source: Library of Congress)By the summer of 1781, the American troops
managed to force Corwallis and his army to Yorktown, Virginia. The French
naval fleet was on its way to Chesapeake Bay to support the American
soldiers surrounding Yorktown. On September 5, 1771, the French fleet
attacked the British navy in Chesapeake Bay. After defeating the British
Navy, French Admiral de Grass positioned his fleet and began bombarding
the forts with Cornwallis and his troops.
Cornwallis was trapped between the American army and the French navy.
By mid-October, Cornwallis was running out of food and ammunition. On
October 19, 1781, General Cornwallis and 8,000 British troops surrendered.
Although this was only one quarter of the British troops in America, the
surrender has a devastating affect on the British government, who were now
concerned they were losing the war.
They were now motivated to negotiate the end of the war, and the Treaty of
Paris.
Use the Wordsmyth web dictionary/thesaurus
http://www.kidsclick.org/ksearch.html
to look up the following terms .
Loyalists
Patriots
Tories
Choose the definition that best fits the word's use during American
Revolutionary times. Copy and paste your answers onto this page.
Ben Franklin, John Hancock, and Paul Revere are well known patriots
from the War of Independence. What others can you name?
Explore this site http://www.42explore2.com/revolt3.htm
to locate names and information about other famous people of the time.
Choose one and read about him or her. Write their name and why they were
important during the Revolutionary War.
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