World Civilization II Take Home Test AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE: * The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783) or American War of Independence or simply American Revolution‚ began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen British colonies in North America‚ and ended in a global war between several European great powers. * The war was the end result of escalating political tensions between the Parliament of Great Britain and colonists opposed to various taxes and other
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Yorktown‚ Virginia to patriot soldiers led by General George Washington. Along with General Washington‚ Marquis de Layette led his French soldiers into the battle to help the patriots. It all started on September 28‚ 1781‚ when General Washington commanded 17‚000 Continental and French soldiers to siege Yorktown. Also aiding General Washington‚ Admiral De Grasse commanded a fleet of French soldiers to the Chesapeake Bay. After three long weeks of constant
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The revolutionary war followed by several causes. These causes are the Indian policy and the Pontiac war‚ the Sugar Act‚ Currency Act‚ Stamp Act‚ Townshend revenue act‚ Tea Act‚ and the coercive act. Those causes were forced on the colonies by the Britain. However‚ the Continental Congress tried to help to the colonies‚ by resistance to the acts and defining American rights. In 1763‚ Britain let to its troop’s army to stay in the area of North America. In that area‚ colonies were living‚ and the
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Looking back at Revolutionary War‚ you might question how America successfully defeated the British considering the British army was the best trained and equipped‚ and possibly the most professional army in the world. In contrast‚ America was in a state of disorganization when it came to economics and politics. The national government as a whole was greatly powerless. Unlike the British army‚ the American army was inadequately trained‚ had little supplies‚ and was not paid very well. Practically
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The true cause of the Revolutionary War was separation between Britain and the American Colonies. The two grew apart with a small bond that kept the colonies loyal to Britain‚ (The History of The United States‚ 1904). Most people believe that taxation and unfair laws was the cause of the war. The main cause that really angered the Americans was Britain’s attempt at taking guns from the colonist. On April 1775‚ the Americans starting shooting against the British when the British tried to disarm
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American Revolutionary War) was a horrible‚ scary time for colonists in that time. Many people were killed because of the war‚ but are still remembered today. The following pages in this book include information like‚ the important people‚ Battles‚ Events that led up to‚ and hardships in which people went through‚ that one should know about the
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After the Revolutionary War‚ many Americans realized that the government established by the Articles of Confederation was not working. America needed a new form of government. It had to be strong enough to maintain national unity over a large geographic area‚ but not so strong as to become a tyranny. Unable to find an exact model in history to fit America’s unique situation‚ delegates met at Philadelphia in 1787 to create their own solution to the problem. Their creation was the United States Constitution
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the use of the graphic organizer to keep the students focused and on track. Also I think discussing the documents at the end helped to tie together the purpose of the lesson‚ which was to attempt to determine who fired the first shot of the revolutionary war. I also thought I did a pretty good job at facilitating the discussion. I was disappointed when more students did not participate. If I were to teach this lesson again I would try to get
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towards the topic of slavery because of the Revolutionary War‚ especially in the North. It inspired a spirit of liberty and an appreciation of the work of the work of all black soldiers (slaves). Some of the Northern legislatures adopted laws during the late 1700s that provided for the end of slavery immediately or gradually. The census of 1790 revealed that the nation had about 59‚000 free blacks and this included 27‚000 from the North. After the Revolutionary War‚ a lot of the free blacks were able to
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threaten to the established liberties that Americans enjoyed. The greatest threat to liberty was depicted as corruption. The colonists associated it with luxury and‚ especially‚ inherited aristocracy‚ which they condemned. The beginning to the Revolutionary War was after Washington forced the British out of Boston in spring‚ 1776; neither the British nor the Loyalists controlled any significant areas. “It is matter of too great notoriety to need any proofs that the arrival of his Majesty’s troops in
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